![]() ![]() She believes his works belong in the 19th century European canon: that HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN is 'as representative of the Romantic spirit as Balzac or Victor Hugo.Īfter reading her biography, ALAN DILNOT says he agrees. JACKIE WULLSCHLAGER shows that stories such as THE UGLY DUCKLING and THE STEADFAST TIN SOLDIER were essentially autobiographical, drawn from ANDERSEN'S difficult childhood, and that, far from being regarded as nursery tales, they were admired by the leading European writers of his time. by Jackie Wullschlager RELEASE DATE: A well-researched biography of the famed children’s author, by Financial Times critic Wullschlager ( Inventing Wonderland, 1995). For many, he's identified, still, with Danny Kaye's portrayal in the 1950s Hollywood musical. /rebates/2fHans-Christian-Andersen-Life-Storyteller-Jackie2f313708450052fbd&. ![]() Revered in Denmark, Hans Christian Andersen is elsewhere regarded - fondly as the author of stories in picture books read to us at an early age. ![]() On this week's BOOK TALK: HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN.talking with critic ALAN DILNOT about JACKIE WULLSCHLAGER's biography of the Danish writer of the tale of The Ugly Duckling, The Little Mermaid, The Snow Queen, The Red Shoes, The Emperor's New Clothes, and many more now classic European fairy tales. ![]()
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