Literature/Poetry

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ANDERSEN, H.C- ET LIV I BILLEDER (H.C. Andersen- A Life in Pictures).

Author: Niels Oxenvad
Country: Denmark
Language: Danish
Year Published: 1995
No. of pages: 166
Illustrations: 210 Color Illustrations. 47 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound
Size: 10 1/2”x 8 1/2”
Weight: 2.00
ISBN: 8741233441
Biblio/Bio: Bibl. Index.
Code: 3000

Price: $85.00

A biography of H.C. Andersen, and one that stresses his involvement in contemporary life and his relationships with other Scandinavian cultural figures in the early 19th century. Very rich in illustrations, and very informative about cultural life in Denmark in that period. The text sections with illustrations are arranged in such a way that they can be read a little at a time, and in sequence. Beautifully illustrated.

ANDERSEN, H.C. - DEN STORE EUROPÆER (The Great European).

Author: Kofoed, Niels
Country: Denmark
Language: Danish
Year Published: 1996
No. of pages: 94
Illustrations: 18 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 8”x 5”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 8778760070
Biblio/Bio: Bibl. Bio.
Code: 3932

Price: $39.50

Delving into the intriguing life of Danish author H.C. Andersen simultaneously involves investigating the world of Danish and European literature. An art lover, ardent reader, and theater enthusiast, Andersen fully participated in the high culture of Europe during the mid 1800s. This book reveals his thoughts and opinions on the works of various renowned authors such as Shakespeare, Goethe, Hegel, Novalis, Hoffmann, Dante, Balzac, Dickens, Brothers Grimm, Chekhov, Tolstoy, Lagerlöf, and Strindberg. An original approach to familiarizing oneself with the wealth of European literature through the eyes of a passionate enthusiast.

ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN: A POET’S BAZAAR. A Journey to Greece, Turkey & up the Danube

Author: Andersen, Hans Christian
Country: Denmark
Language: English
Year Published: 1998
No. of pages: 207
Illustrations: 15 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 9”x 6”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 935576347
Biblio/Bio: Index.
Code: 5494

Price: $29.50

Andersen, although best known for his masterly fairy tales, was also a travel writer of renown. In 1840 he began a journey that was to take him to Italy, Malta, Greece and the Ottoman Empire. From Constantinople, he went daringly north along the shores of the Black Sea and made his way back to Vienna by sailing up the Danube. Quite a fear. In 1842 he published this book, the best of his travel chrononicles. It is a vivid, colorful and highly personal account that easily carries the readers along to then exotic ports of call in another age of travel. Those who only know Andersen as the author of The Ugly Duckling and The Red Shoes may also find him to be the ideal travel writer.

ARISTOCRATIC UNIVERSE OF KAREN BLIXEN, THE. Destiny and the Denial of Fate

Author: Hansen, Frantz Leander
Country: Oregon
Language: English
Year Published: 2003
No. of pages: 165
Illustrations: 4 Color Illustrations. 5 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 9”x 6”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 8778760895
Biblio/Bio: Bibl. Index.
Code: 3762

Price: $45.00

This book is an all-round presentation of Karen Blixens works. Karen Blixen`s works are explored in the light of a passionate insistence on living out this double nature of the divine and the demonic. The aristocratic viewpoint is in tune with eternity and places no obstructive morality between self and life. The aesthetic guidelines for literary form as advovated by Karen Blixen are discussed, and her view of art is similarly defined and explained as aristocratic. Her private correspondence is drawn upon to shed new light on her life and work. Photographs and color pictures of Karen Blixens art work are also included.

BLIXEN, KAREN.

Author: Thorkild Bjørnvig, Aage Henriksen, Marianne Juhl
Country: Denmark
Language: Danish
Year Published: 1992
No. of pages: 64
Illustrations: 6 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 8”x 5”
Weight: 0.00
ISBN: 8777630572
Biblio/Bio: Bibl. Bio.
Code: 1605

Price: $9.50

The authors are the three people who knew Karen Blixen the best. The two first authors were close friends of Karen Blixen and have a deep insight into everything she wrote. Marianne Juhl writes about the letters from Africa after many years of studying them.