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Manage episode 360363539 series 2925122
Content provided by Rowan Hall and Tracey Harrison, Rowan Hall, and Tracey Harrison. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Rowan Hall and Tracey Harrison, Rowan Hall, and Tracey Harrison or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.
In Episode 106, Rowan tells us the history of Hans Christian Andersen and the many people he longed for the course of his life. Our hosts discuss his fairy tales, anxiety, queer identity…and that time he pissed off Charles Dickens.
Was he bisexual? Was he ace? Did he compare himself to a snowman in love with a stove? (The world may never know.)
Sources
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Christian_Andersen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Lind
Andersen’s Stories
Biography.com
https://www.biography.com/authors-writers/hans-christian-andersen
Smithsonian Magazine
‘The Gay Love Letters of Hans Christian Andersen’
https://rictornorton.co.uk/andersen.htm
Politiken
American Literature
https://americanliterature.com/author/hans-christian-andersen
JSTOR
https://www.jstor.org/stable/44377659
Andersen’s Fairytales
https://www.andersenstories.com/en/andersen_fairy-tales/list
Literary Hub
https://lithub.com/dear-internet-the-little-mermaid-also-happens-to-be-queer-allegory/
CBR
https://www.cbr.com/hans-christian-andersen-gay-allegory-little-mermaid-disney/
The Hans Christian Andersen Centre
https://andersen.sdu.dk/liv/tidstavle/vis_e.html?date=1844-01-00&kvartal=1&mark=424&sord=penis#1
The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/his-dark-materials-8437.html
AV Club
https://www.avclub.com/read-this-how-divine-inspired-ursula-the-sea-witch-1798243255
The Mary Sue
https://www.themarysue.com/little-mermaid-queer-subtext/
BookRiot
https://bookriot.com/queerness-little-mermaid/
Bustle
Goodreads
https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/6378.Hans_Christian_Andersen?page=4
Patrick C Flemming
https://www.pcfleming.com/2018/08/28/andersen_sexuality/
The Marginalian
https://www.themarginalian.org/2020/01/31/the-heartbreak-of-hans-christian-andersen/
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In Episode 106, Rowan tells us the history of Hans Christian Andersen and the many people he longed for the course of his life. Our hosts discuss his fairy tales, anxiety, queer identity…and that time he pissed off Charles Dickens.
Was he bisexual? Was he ace? Did he compare himself to a snowman in love with a stove? (The world may never know.)
Sources
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Christian_Andersen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Lind
Andersen’s Stories
Biography.com
https://www.biography.com/authors-writers/hans-christian-andersen
Smithsonian Magazine
‘The Gay Love Letters of Hans Christian Andersen’
https://rictornorton.co.uk/andersen.htm
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https://americanliterature.com/author/hans-christian-andersen
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https://www.jstor.org/stable/44377659
Andersen’s Fairytales
https://www.andersenstories.com/en/andersen_fairy-tales/list
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https://lithub.com/dear-internet-the-little-mermaid-also-happens-to-be-queer-allegory/
CBR
https://www.cbr.com/hans-christian-andersen-gay-allegory-little-mermaid-disney/
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The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/his-dark-materials-8437.html
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https://www.avclub.com/read-this-how-divine-inspired-ursula-the-sea-witch-1798243255
The Mary Sue
https://www.themarysue.com/little-mermaid-queer-subtext/
BookRiot
https://bookriot.com/queerness-little-mermaid/
Bustle
Goodreads
https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/6378.Hans_Christian_Andersen?page=4
Patrick C Flemming
https://www.pcfleming.com/2018/08/28/andersen_sexuality/
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