List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Map of Andersen's Denmark, c. 1850
Map of Andersen's Europe, c. 1850
Introduction: Life Stories
1. The Country
2. Master Comedy-Player, 1812-1819
3. The City, 1819-1822
4. Aladdin at School, 1822-1827
5. Fantasies, 1827-1831
6. My Time Belongs to the Heart, 1831-1833
7. Italy, 1833-1835
8. First Fairy Tales, 1835
9. Walking on Knives, 1836-1837
10. Le Poète, C'est Moi! 1837-1840
11. I Belong to the World, 1840-1843
12. Jenny, 1843-1844
13. Winter's Tales, 1844-1845
14. The Princes' Poet, 1845-1846
15. The Shadow, 1846-1847
16. Lion of London, 1847
17. Between the Wars, 1848-1851
18. Weimar Revisited, 1851-1856
19. Dickens, 1856-1857
20. Experiments, 1858-1859
21. Kiss of the Muse, 1860-1865
22. Aladdin's Palace of the Present, 1865-1869
23. So Great a Love of Life, 1869-1875
Sources
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index