Hans Christian Andersen
Andersen, Hans Christian - 1805–75, Danish poet, novelist, and writer of fairy tales. Reared in poverty, he left Odense at 14 for Copenhagen. He failed as an actor, but his poetry won him generous patrons including King Frederick VI. In 1829 his fantasy A Journey on Foot from the Holmen Canal to the Eastern Point of Amager was published, followed by a volume of poetry in 1830. Granted a Read More...
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Hans Christian Andersen
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Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales: A Selection
by Hans Christian Andersen, L. W. Kingsland, Vilhelm Pedersen, Lorenz Frolich. 349 pgs.
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Creative Spirits of the Nineteenth Century (Chap. I "Hans Christian Andersen (1869)")
by Georg Brandes, Rasmus B. Anderson. 480 pgs.
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A History of Danish Literature (1957) ("Chap. IX "Hans Christian Andersen")
by P. M. Mitchell. 324 pgs.
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A History of Danish Literature ("Hans Christian Andersen" begins on p. 228)
by Sven H. Rossel. 714 pgs.
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Separation and Creativity: Refinding the Lost Language of Childhood (Chap. 8 "Hans Christian Andersen: A Childhood, a Life")
by Maud Mannoni, Susan Fairfield. 184 pgs.
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Cyclopedia of World Authors (1958) ("Hans Christian Andersen" begins on p. 29)
by Frank N. Magill, Dayton Kohler. 1204 pgs.
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