Hans Christian Andersen and Charles Dickens. A Friendship and Its DissolutionHans Christian Andersen and Charles Dickens. A friendship and Its Dissolution. By Elias Bredsdorff, University of Cambridge.

1959 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 41a-41a
Author(s):  
E.B.B.
Keyword(s):  
Charles Dickens ◽  
University Of Cambridge ◽  
Hans Christian Andersen

Fiction

2020 ◽  
pp. 396-410
Author(s):  
Natalie McKnight
Keyword(s):  
Charles Dickens ◽  
Louisa May Alcott ◽  
Harry Potter ◽  
Washington Irving ◽  
Main Subject ◽  
Cultural Impact ◽  
Hans Christian Andersen ◽  
Religious Origins

The most lasting Christmas fiction tends to use Christmas as a setting not as the main subject and to draw from the warmth and sensory onslaught of the holidays and on friends and families gathering, not on the specific religious origins of the holiday. Yet religious themes persist in Christmas fiction right up to the present day, even when the stories take place in fantasy worlds, such as in J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter stories and C. S. Lewis’ Narnia. This chapter is not comprehensive in its coverage but instead focuses on those works that seem to have had the greatest cultural impact, including those of Washington Irving, Charles Dickens, E. T. A. Hoffmann, Hans Christian Andersen, and Louisa May Alcott.

scholarly journals Romantic Travel Literature. England, Germany and Scandinavia Compared to the Unique French Case

Viatica ◽  
2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher W. THOMPSON
Keyword(s):  
Charles Dickens ◽  
Travel Literature ◽  
Travel Narratives ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
European Perspective ◽  
Friedrich Schlegel ◽  
French Case ◽  
Hans Christian Andersen ◽  
The Common ◽  
Scandinavian Literature

This article offers an overview of the production of ‘romantic travel narratives’ from a European perspective and confronts those that emanate from French, English, German and Scandinavian literature. This comparison aims to establish the common characteristics of this sub-genre, its recurrent features and the cultural histories of each of the countries explored. Focusing on Charles Dickens, Friedrich Schlegel and Hans Christian Andersen, the analysis highlights the differences in their approaches, which are partly conditioned by the socio-historical context of their respective countries.

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