Hans Christian Andersen
How Andersen's Writings Mirrored his Life
One of the most beloved writers of fairly-tales is Hans Christian Andersen. He was a Danish author who searched his past and that of his native Denmark for ideas that could become children's stories. The fact is though that Andersen was writing for a large audience. Though his stories may have been told in the fairy-tale genre, he was relating morals that applied to all ages, genders and ethnicities. The legacy he created by telling the tales in the manner that he did was as a children's story writer, but he wanted to be more. This paper discusses the legacy that Andersen created with his stories and the legacy he sought vs. The one he achieved.
Hans Christian Andersen has always been remembered as someone who wrote children's stories, despite the fact that he wanted to earn much more important distinction as a serious writer. Andersen was a serous artist who wanted to be remembered as such. He wrote complicated stories that were infused with the beauty of life and its complexities. It is not possible to understand what Andersen thought by reading just a few of his stories. A person must look to several of his tales to get a true picture of what he thought about the prevailing issues of the time. Another problem that Andersen had which shows up in his later works is that of his inability to take criticism of his work. He had always had something of a thin skin where his work was concerned, but it became even more prominent late in his life. He was very harsh with critics.
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