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More Than Meets the Eye
Herbert Rowland
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Description for More Than Meets the Eye
Hardback. Num Pages: 274 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 167 x 19. Weight in Grams: 576.
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 Andersens 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 ... Read more
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 Andersens 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
Number of Pages
274
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611473278
SKU
V9781611473278
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99-15
About Herbert Rowland
Herbert Rowland is professor of German at Purdue University
Reviews for More Than Meets the Eye
Mr. Rowland's book is a careful, well-executed piece of scholarship.
Scandinavian Studies
Scandinavian Studies