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From: Hans Christian Andersen: A Poet in Time[(essay date 1999) In the following essay, Jørgensen describes the various types of heroic characters that appear in Andersen's works.] A Son of the People Let us begin in medias res: with a fabulous main character...
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From:Reference Guide to World Literature (2nd ed.)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...
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From:Scandinavian Studies (Vol. 88, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedIntroduction Toward the end of Hans Christian Andersen's debut novel, Improvisatoren (1835; The Improvisator), the young protagonist, Antonio, is persuaded to read aloud from his poem about the biblical David to his...
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From: Studia Neophilologica[(essay date 1963) In the following essay, Hoyt assesses the "logic" of Beddoes's poetry, which the critic says reveals itself in the poet's consistent handling of themes and use of imagery.] Traditionally it has been...
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From: Bucknell Review[(essay date 2002) In the following essay, Wilson characterizes Beddoes’s writing as melancholy, incomplete, ambivalent, and constantly hovering on the edge of dissolution and self-destruction. Noting that Beddoes went...
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From: Studia Neophilologica[(essay date 2001) In the following essay, Moylan studies the poems of the Improvisatore and claims that they show how the medical research of his father influenced Beddoes's poetic development.] The early works of any...
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From: Hans Christian Andersen: A Biography[(essay date 1895) In the following essay, Bain discusses Andersen’s “child’s imagination,” which made him a skilled storyteller, and notes the acclaim his early fairy tales earned him among critics, though Andersen...
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From: in The Athenaeum[In an early review of The Improvisatore the critic finds the novel to be a charming tale with distinctive scenes of Italy.] The charm and character of pictures like [those in `The Improvisatore'] are sure, we think,...
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From: Marvels & Tales[(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...
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From: Thomas Lovell Beddoes[(essay date 1985) In the following essay, Thompson examines Beddoes's early poetry to understand the influences on his work, analyze the treatment of major themes and subjects that also appear in his later writings, and...
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From: Psychiatric Quarterly[(essay date 1943) In the following essay, Johnson contends that Beddoes exhibited “schizoid elements” and suggests that contributing factors to Beddoes’s mental state may have included a childhood in an...