Contents 
1 Introduction 
Steven P. Sondrup 
7 H.C Andersen's "Tante Tandpine" and the 
Crisis of Representation 
Nathaniel Kramer 
33 Ut Poesis (Picturae) Musica 
James Massengale 
75 Ruinous Reflections: On H.C. Andersen's Ambiguous 
Position Between Romanticism and Modernism 
Jacob Boggild 
97 H.C. Andersen's "Historien om en Moder";
Allegory and Symbol in the Danish Golden Age 
Marianne Stecher-Hansen 
117 H.C. Andersen Adapts Eugene Scribe 
For the Danish Stage 
Frank Hugus 
145 "Genius" and the Problem of "Livs-Anskuelse": 
Kierkegaard Reading Andersen 
Kim Andersen 
161 The Andersen Legacy: Georg and Edvard Brandes 
in Dispute on H.C. Andersen 
Johan de Mylius 
175 The Image of H.C. Andersen in American 
Magazines During the Author's Lifetime 
Herbert Rowland 
199 H.C. Andersen: Reminiscence äs Image and Echo 
Inge Lise Rasmussen 
215 Tall Tales on the Small Srreen 
Niels Ingwersen 
235 "What Would the Children Say...?": "The Marsh 
King's Daughter" Revisited 
Aage Jorgensen 
259 The Little Mermaid 
Annelies van Hees 
271 The Millennium: Vision Leads to Travel 
Kristi Planck Johnson 
281 Why Are There So Many Interpretations of 
H.C. Andersen's "The Shadow"? 
Inger Lise Jensen