| Hans Christian Andersen in American Literary Criticism of the Nineteenth Century Contributor(s): Rowland, Herbert (Author) |
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ISBN: 1683932668 ISBN-13: 9781683932666 Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press OUR PRICE: $144.54 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology - Literary Criticism | European - Scandinavian - Literary Criticism | Modern - 19th Century |
| Dewey: 398.8 |
| LCCN: 2020033413 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6" W x 9" (1.61 lbs) 382 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Hans Christian Andersen in American Literary Criticism of the Nineteenth Century, Herbert Rowland argues that the literary criticism accompanying the publication of Hans Christian Andersen's works in the United States compares favorably in scope, perceptiveness, and chronological coverage with the few other national receptions of Andersen outside of Denmark. Rowland contends that American commentators made it abundantly evident that, in addition to his fairy tales, Andersen wrote several novels, travelogues, and an autobiography which were all of more than common interest. In the process, Rowland shows that American commentators "naturalized" Andersen in the United States by confronting the sensationalism in the journalism and literature of the time with the perceived wholesomeness of Andersen's writing, deploying his long fiction on both sides of the debate over the nature and relative value of the romance and the novel, and drawing on three of his works to support their positions on slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction. |
