Contents

Acknowledgements

Introductory: Europe, Denmark, the World

PART ONE

From Skyggebilleder (Shadow-Pictures) to ‘Skyggen’ (‘The Shadow’)

1 William Christian Walter

2 Germany 1831 and After

3 The Improvisatore

4 O.T.

5 Eventyr, Fortalte for Børn (Fairy-Tales Told for Children)

6 Kun en Spillemand (Only a Fiddler) and ‘Den Standhaftige Tinsoldat’ (‘The Steadfast Tin Soldier’)

7 En Digters Bazar (A Poet's Bazaar)

8 The Canonical Stories

PART TWO

From ‘Det Gamle Hus’ (‘The Old House’) to ‘Tante Tandpine’ (‘Auntie Toothache’)

9 Britain, Dickens, Revolutions and Wars

10 What the Wind Tells: Stories 1858–59

11 ‘IIsjomfruen’ (‘The Ice Maiden’), 1861

12 Beginnings and Endings. From ‘Dryaden’ (‘The Dryad’) To ‘Tante Tandpine’ (‘Auntie Toothache’)

Chronology

Notes

Index