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More Than Meets the Eye - Hans Christian Andersen and Nineteenth Century American Criticism (Hardcover)
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More Than Meets the Eye - Hans Christian Andersen and Nineteenth Century American Criticism (Hardcover)
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Americans and other English speakers have long associated the name
of Hans Christian Andersen exclusively with fairy tales for
children. Danes and other Scandinavians, however, have preserved an
awareness that the fairy tales are but part of an extensive and
respectable lifework that embraces several other literary forms.
Moreover, they have never lost sight of the fact that the fairy
tales themselves address adults no less than children.
Significantly, many of Andersens coevals in the U.S. knew of his
broader literary activity and the sophistication of his fairy
tales. Major authors and critics commented on his various works in
leading magazines and books, establishing a noteworthy corpus of
criticism. One of them, Horace E. Scudder, wrote a seminal essay
that surpassed virtually all contemporary writing on him in any
language. The basic purpose of this study, the first of its kind,
is to trace the course of American Andersen criticism over the
second half of the nineteenth century and to view it in several
American contexts. The introduction sets the parameters of the
study, interalia posing a number of questions that serve as
guidelines for reading. For instance, how does the (in part)
retrospective criticism of the early 1870s compare with that of the
later 1840s? To what extent did Americans view Andersen as a writer
for adults as well as for children? Chapter 1 presents a
statistical overview of American Andersen criticism, seeking to
show which works were reviewed when and how often as well as in
which magazines and with what frequency. The chapter also
highlights works that were not reviewed, suggesting the possible
impact on Americans' view of Andersen.
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