Hundreds of black-clad youths clashed with police in Copenhagen Tuesday, barricading streets and setting fire to cars to protest the demolition of a building in the free-wheeling Christiania district.Meanwhile, Copenhagen's famed Little Mermaid statue was found doused with red paint, the second time the bronze...

Today is Monday, April 2, the 92nd day of 2007. There are 273 days left in the year. The Jewish holiday Passover begins at sunset.Today's Highlight in History:On April 2, 1917, President Wilson asked Congress to declare war against Germany, saying, "The world must be...

You try singing and dancing while wearing a tail. More than a little difficult. Yet "The Little Mermaid" — tail intact — amiably swims along on good cheer and charm.The long-awaited stage version of the 1989 Disney animated film, which opened Thursday at Broadway's Lunt-Fontanne...

In the following essay, Bredsdorff discusses the sources of some of Andersen's tales and proposes a system for grouping the tales.

In the following essay, Zipes points to ambivalence in Andersen's tales, finding its roots in the conflict between Andersen's identification with the lower classes and his simultaneous efforts to legitimize Denmark's hierarchical social structure and particularly its powerful upper classes, which in essence controlled his literary success.

In the following essay, Sanders investigates how the art of sculpture subverts understandings of gender markings in Andersen's tale “Psychen.”