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How enigmatic is Hans Christian Andersen? On three recent biographies.(Book Review)
From: Scandinavian Studies
Date: 20041222
Author:Ingwersen, Niels
* Jackie Wullschlager. Hans Christian Andersen: The Life of a Storyteller. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. Pp. 489.
* Alison Prince. Hans Christian Andersen: The Fan Dancer. London: Allison and Busby, 1998. Pp. 401.
* Jens Andersen. Andersen: En biografi. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 2003. Pp. 528 + 440.
THE LAST FEW DECADES have been most hospitable to biographies, particularly lengthy ones of the famous and well known, whether glamorous, exciting, or notorious. The appetite for glimpses into private lives, minds, and problems seems insatiable; some of the books ...
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