Word: grimm
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...plot of The Frog Prince is familiar to any child who has grown up with The Brothers Grimm. A prince (Jeremy Dawson), soon to marry his beloved, strays onto the land of a hideous crone (Michelle Holdt). When he refuses to offer her his fresh-picked flowers, she turns him into a frog...
...overlook Germany's historic contributions to science, music and literature. But there is little argument about what German political culture includes. During the 19th and part of the 20th century, many of its theorists were romantic nationalists, some of them anti-Semitic. Even the Brothers Grimm, in their collections of fairy tales, emphasized nationalism, order, discipline and contempt for the Jews. Modern, post-1871 Germany was organized in the mold of the Prussian state and strutted the world stage until it lost the first World War, after which it was plunged into disorder, depression and despair. As Friedrich Nietzsche anticipated...