Hans Christian Andersen : The Misunderstood Storyteller

Name: Hans Christian Andersen
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd
SKU: 9780415974325
Price: 30950 KES
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ISBN: 9780415974325

by Jack Zipes

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Format Hardback

ISBN-10 0415974321

ISBN-13 9780415974325

Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd

Imprint Routledge

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Aug 18th, 2005

Print length 190 Pages

Weight 510 grams

Product Classification: Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers Children’s & teenage literature studies Children’s and teenage literature studies: general

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Re-evaluates the achievement Hans Christian Andersen, who is one of the great figures of the fairy tale and storytelling tradition, and is famous for "The Snow Queen", "The Little Mermaid", and many other tales. Exploring the relation of his work to the development of literature, it is a reconsideration of his place in English-speaking countries.

The 2005 bicentenary of Hans Christian Andersen''s birth is an opportunity to re-evaluate the achievement of one of the great figures of the fairy tale and storytelling tradition, a beloved writer famous for The Snow Queen and The Little Mermaid, The Ugly Duckling and The Red Shoes and many other now classic tales. Jack Zipes broadens our understanding of Andersen by exploring the relation of the Danish writer''s work to the development of literature and of the fairy tale in particular. Based on thirty-five years of researching and writing on Andersen, this new book is a welcome reconsideration of Andersen''s place and of his reception in English-speaking countries and on film.

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