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1、TheImpactofHansChristianAndersenonVictorianFictionJacquelineBanerjee,PhD,ContributingEditor,UK[Thisisthethirdofthreeeditedandupdatedexcerptsfromanessayentitled"HansChristianAndersenandtheVictorians,"whichappearedintranslationinLiterature,CultureandHistoryinVictorianEngland:AFestschriftforProfesso
2、rMatsumura(Tokyo:Eiho-sha,1999.68-89).]OfHansChristianAndersen'stwohundredandmoreshortpieces,lessthantwentyappearedinvolumessubtitled"ToldforChildren,"andthesevolumeswerethefirstfew,publishedwhentheyoungandimpecuniousDanishauthorwasdesperateforashareofthemarket(seeDeMylius,168-69).Hisdedicationst
3、oDickenssoonconfirmedthathehadnointentionoflimitinghisaudiencetochildren.Intheevent,manyothereminentVictoriansbesidesThackerayweregreatlytakenwithhiswork.Notallwereputoff,asDickenseventuallywas,byhispersonalgauchenessandegotism.Indeed,ElizabethBarrettBrowning'slastpoem,inspiredbyAndersen'svisitto
4、Italyin1861,extolshimnotonlyasa"seer"with"apoet'stongue,"butalsoas"amanofmen"("TheNorthandtheSouth").Consequently,AndersenaswellastheGrimmshadapervasiveandprofoundeffectonVictorianfictionthroughouttheperiod.FairytaleswerewrittenevenbymajorfigureslikeRuskin("TheKingoftheGoldenRiver")andeventhemajo
5、rnovels"aremouldedbyfairy-talethemesandstructures"(Wullschläger101).LikethedrenchedgirlwhoknocksonthecitygateinastormatthebeginningofAndersen's"ThePrincessandthePea,"theplainlydressedJaneEyrewinstheherobyherextraordinarysensitivity;liketheungainlychickin"TheUglyDuckling,"MaggieTulliverinTheMillon
6、theFlossisoneofmanyplainortomboyishyoungheroineswhoturnintobeauties.AndeventhoughsuccessiveVictoriantranslatorssoughttopushhistalesfurtherandfurtherintothenursery,oneofthewritersmostdirectlyinfluencedbyAndersenwasworkingattheveryendoftheperiod.ThiswasOscarWilde,whoseownfairytalesplaymoreelaborate
7、ly,sometimeslesssuccessfully,butalwaysintriguinglyonideas,themesandmotifsintroducedbytheDanishauthor.AsforThackerayhimself,headoptsaverysimilarnarrativepersonatoAndersen,shakinghisheadoverthefolliesofhischaractersandsi
