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From: Spectator[(essay date 25 June 2005) In the following essay, Pettitt debates Andersen's literary significance--on the occasion of the bicentenary of Andersen's birth--and argues that the general public is only familiar with an...
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From:Forum for World Literature Studies (Vol. 11, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedWe all know H. C. Andersen as the writer of wonderful and enchanting stories. Many people have also pointed to H. C. Andersen as a writer that touches on ethical issues, such as the critique of hypocrisy and blind...
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From: Philosophy and Literature[(essay date October 2001) In the following essay, Easterlin applies the theories of Darwinian criticism and evolutionary psychology to a reading of Andersen's "The Little Mermaid."] I Now that Darwinian literary...
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From: The Western Humanities Review[(essay date 1949) In the following essay, Madsen argues that Andersen’s style is superior to that of the German brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, and that he not only possessed a “rich, poetic imagination” but also was...
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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: Fairy Tales with a Black Consciousness: Essays on Adaptations of Familiar Stories[(essay date 2013) In the following essay, Yenika-Agbaw, Dutta, and Gregerson examine how Jerry Pinkney’s ambiguous rendering of the protagonist’s race in his illustrations for Andersen’s “The Little Match Girl”...