More Than Meets the Eye: Hans Christian Andersen And Nineteenth-century American Criticism - Couverture rigide

Rowland, Herbert

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0838640923 ISBN 13 : 9780838640920

Editeur : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press,U.S., 2006

Synopsis

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 Andersen's 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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press,U.S.
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0838640923
• ISBN 13: 9780838640920
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 280
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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