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• The Idle Spectator. Hans Christian Andersen's Dryaden (1868), Illustreret Tidende, and the Universal Exposition

  From: Scandinavian Studies

  Summer 20069,691 words Critical essay [(essay date summer 2006) In the following essay, Stougaard-Nielsen examines Andersen's fascination with popular culture and the author's interpretation of nineteenth-century advances in lighting and visual technology as...

• Hans Christian Andersen: Overview

  Author:Hans Christian AndersenFrom:Reference Guide to World Literature (2^nd ed.)

  1995446 words Critical essay The fame of Hans Christian Andersen—H.C. Andersen to his fellow countrymen and Hans Andersen to countless readers outside Denmark—is founded on paradox. Although he was—and is—a very distinctly Danish author, he was...

• A Liberating Imagination: Andersen in England

  From: Marvels & Tales

  20066,359 words Critical essay [(essay date 2006) In the following essay, Briggs studies Andersen's reception in England and his impact on English authors and literature.] "The Flying Trunk" is a story about the effects of storytelling, and in this...