What Is Hans Christian Andersen Known For
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The Fairy Tale of My Life
Author: Hans Christain Anderson
language: en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date: 2000-09-25
Danish poet and novelist Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) is best known for the dozens of fairy tales he wrote, including "The Little Mermaid," "The Ugly Duckling," and "The Snow Queen." Andersen's sense of fantasy, power of description, and acute sensitivity are strikingly evident in his autobiography. Andersen masterfully depicts the extreme poverty of his provincial childhood and the international celebrity of his later years, and also provides insights into the sources of many of his most famous tales.
Hans Christian Andersen
Author: Jackie Wullschlager
language: en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date: 2002-06-15
Beloved by generations of children and adults around the world for tales such as "The Ugly Duckling" and "The Emperor's New Clothes," Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) revolutionized children's literature. Although others before him had collected and retold folk stories and fairy tales, Andersen was the first to create the stories himself, instilling a previously stilted genre with new humor, wisdom, and pathos. Drawing on letters, diaries, and other original sources (many never before translated from the Danish), Wullschlager shows in this compelling, extensively researched biography how Andersen's writings—darker and more diverse than previously recognized—reflected the complexities of his life, a far cry from the "happily ever after" of a fairy tale. As we follow in his footsteps from Golden Age Copenhagen to the princely courts of Germany and the villas of southern Italy, Andersen becomes a figure every bit as fascinating as a character from one of his stories—a gawky, self-pitying, and desperate man, but also one of the most gifted storytellers the world has ever known.
Stories from Hans Christian Andersen
Author: Hans Christian Andersen
language: en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date: 2008-11-18
Diana Crone Frank, a linguist and Danish novelist, and Jeffrey Frank, a novelist and editor at "The New Yorker," offer a much-needed modern translation of the 22 tales that best represent Andersen's literary legacy.