How The Brothers Grimm Resurrected German Identity
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Jun 29, 2025 #History #Art #Painting
Simon Schama explores the genesis of modern nationalism - its romantic roots in a new idea of nature and homeland, the 'discovery' of native folklore. Exploring the effect of Robert Burns' Scottish poetry and music that could hold its own against the oncoming tide of English culture, and how Napoleon’s invasion of the German lands in the early 1800s also kickstarted a group of German romantics to begin their own ‘campaign of national belonging’ – with dark consequences.
0:00 The Birth of Romanticism
2:26 The Origins of National Passion
6:59 Robert Burns: Scotland's National Bard
16:01 Germany's Search for Identity
31:52 The Brothers Grimm and Dark Fairy Tales
44:56 Poland and Chopin: Music of a Lost Nation
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