Not (only) for Children? A Modern View of Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales

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Not (only) for Children? A Modern View of Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales

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Tom Lundskær-Nielsen
Senior lecturer, University College London
Lundskær-Nielsen discusses why Anderson’s fairytales, with such world-wide fame and attention, have been limited to a younger audience, and why his stories should also be viewed as serious literature for adults.
10/01/2014

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@LovelySparkles21 Жыл бұрын

This is exactly the clear and true information I’ve been searching for regarding the subject of Hans and his writing. Incredible speaker, thank you sir for sharing your experience with this work. I’d love to hear more but I can’t seem to find more lectures by the speaker. Big fan of his brain though. Thank you for having him!

@echopathy Жыл бұрын

Great lecture .. thank you... "Every book is a children's book if the kid can read!" - Mitch Hedberg

@erikbell4226 5 жыл бұрын

It was so interesting for me to listen to the lecture on H.C.Andersen, this being that so much of it I had heard when my recently deceased husband, Dr. Tony Bell, told me of his research on him for a few lectures given at OLLI. I wish I could email this UTube up to Tony now. I have yet to distribute his many books on HCA and fairy tales in general to our 7 grandchildren, and other folks interested.

@julietspaghetti 2 ай бұрын

Sorry for your loss, I lost my husband too

@cynthiagaudino9272 3 жыл бұрын

that was memorable... thank you Sir.

@tinkerseeya754 7 жыл бұрын

Very interesting thank you

@erikbell4226 5 жыл бұрын

OOOps, the below "comment" was written by me, Karen Bell, not our son Erik.

@extantia 4 жыл бұрын

Interesting because as of late, I had been wondering if there were metaphorical aspects to the poignancy and sadness of some of his tales.

@hellekurstein9098 3 жыл бұрын

Of course! The fairy tales contain all the poignancy you could ever want from a poet. Entertainment for children - food for thought for adults. The discoverer of electro-magnetism saw that! - Ørsted. So sad that many know nothing of him but the fairy tales - and these only presented by Disney, i.e. plot plus bling minus essence... aarrghhh!!!

@kateann5101 2 жыл бұрын

Certainly there are. And if you read his later works instead of the famous, rather popular earlier ones, you’d been heartbroken. I think that was probably why they were not as famous, because the melancholy had gone too far. But my favorite pieces remain “A Story from the Sand” and “Ib and Little Christina”, they are so beautiful yet sad.

@kateann5101 2 жыл бұрын

@@hellekurstein9098 But I think he might be happy with what he has become as part of history. He might have been more ambitious when he was alive, but to be remember as the father of fairy tales and such a Romantic person, there aren’t many who can achieve this. (Although it’s probably just my own saying. I do wish people know more of him though.)