Hans Christian Andersen : European witness / Paul Binding.

By: Binding, Paul [author]
Language: English Publisher: New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2014]Copyright date: c2014Description: ix, 482 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780300169232 (hardback)Subject(s): Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875 | Andersen, H. C. -- (Hans Christian) -- 1805-1875 | Authors, Danish -- 19th century -- BiographyDDC classification: 839.8136 | B LOC classification: PT8119 | .B526 2014
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introductory: Europe, Denmark, the World -- CHAPTER 1. William Christian Walter -- CHAPTER 2. Germany 1831 and After -- CHAPTER 3. The Improvisatore -- CHAPTER 4. O.T. -- CHAPTER 5. Eventyr, Fortalte for Børn (Fairy-Tales Told for Children) -- CHAPTER 6. Kun en Spillemand (Only a Fiddler) and 'Den Standhaftige Tinsoldat' ('The Steadfast Tin Soldier') -- CHAPTER 7. En Digters Bazar (A Poet's Bazaar) -- CHAPTER 8. The Canonical Stories -- CHAPTER 9. Britain, Dickens, Revolutions and Wars -- CHAPTER 10. What the Wind Tells: Stories 1858-59 -- CHAPTER 11. 'Iisjomfruen', 'The Ice Maiden', 1861 -- CHAPTER 12. Beginnings and Endings. From 'Dryaden' ('The Dryad') to 'Tante Tandpine' ('Auntie Toothache') -- Chronology -- Notes -- Index
Summary: "Rarely does an American or European child grow up without an introduction to Hans Christian Andersen's "The Ugly Duckling," "The Princess and the Pea," or "Thumbelina." Andersen began publishing his fairy tales in 1835, and they brought him almost immediate acclaim among Danish and German readers, followed quickly by the French, Swedes, Swiss, Norwegians, British, and Americans. Ultimately he wrote more than 150 tales. And yet, Paul Binding contends in this incisive book, Andersen cannot be confined to the category of writings for children. His work stands at the very heart of mainstream European literature. The author considers the entire scope of Andersen's prose, from his juvenilia to his very last story. He shows that Andersen's numerous novels, travelogues, autobiographies, and even his fairy tales (notably addressed not to children but to adults) earned a vast audience because they distilled the satisfactions, tensions, hopes, and fears of Europeans as their continent emerged from the Napoleonic Wars. The book sheds new light on Andersen as an intellectual, his rise to international stardom, and his connections with other eminent European writers. It also pays tribute to Andersen's enlightened values-values that ensure the continuing appeal of his works"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 428-471) and index.

Frontmatter --
Contents --
Acknowledgements --
Introductory: Europe, Denmark, the World --
CHAPTER 1. William Christian Walter --
CHAPTER 2. Germany 1831 and After --
CHAPTER 3. The Improvisatore --
CHAPTER 4. O.T. --
CHAPTER 5. Eventyr, Fortalte for Børn (Fairy-Tales Told for Children) --
CHAPTER 6. Kun en Spillemand (Only a Fiddler) and 'Den Standhaftige Tinsoldat' ('The Steadfast Tin Soldier') --
CHAPTER 7. En Digters Bazar (A Poet's Bazaar) --
CHAPTER 8. The Canonical Stories --
CHAPTER 9. Britain, Dickens, Revolutions and Wars --
CHAPTER 10. What the Wind Tells: Stories 1858-59 --
CHAPTER 11. 'Iisjomfruen', 'The Ice Maiden', 1861 --
CHAPTER 12. Beginnings and Endings. From 'Dryaden' ('The Dryad') to 'Tante Tandpine' ('Auntie Toothache') --
Chronology --
Notes --
Index

"Rarely does an American or European child grow up without an introduction to Hans Christian Andersen's "The Ugly Duckling," "The Princess and the Pea," or "Thumbelina." Andersen began publishing his fairy tales in 1835, and they brought him almost immediate acclaim among Danish and German readers, followed quickly by the French, Swedes, Swiss, Norwegians, British, and Americans. Ultimately he wrote more than 150 tales. And yet, Paul Binding contends in this incisive book, Andersen cannot be confined to the category of writings for children. His work stands at the very heart of mainstream European literature. The author considers the entire scope of Andersen's prose, from his juvenilia to his very last story. He shows that Andersen's numerous novels, travelogues, autobiographies, and even his fairy tales (notably addressed not to children but to adults) earned a vast audience because they distilled the satisfactions, tensions, hopes, and fears of Europeans as their continent emerged from the Napoleonic Wars. The book sheds new light on Andersen as an intellectual, his rise to international stardom, and his connections with other eminent European writers. It also pays tribute to Andersen's enlightened values-values that ensure the continuing appeal of his works"-- Provided by publisher.

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