The Emperor's New Clothes

Title

en_US The Emperor's New Clothes

Through the Magic Window

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US First printing

H.C. Andersen

Creator

Andersen, H.C. See all items with this value

Contributor

Adams, Michael

Date

2016-05-09T19:54:29Z

en_US 2015-06

en_US 1989

Date Available

2016-05-09T19:54:29Z

Date Issued

1989

Abstract

en_US This version of the story has an emperor who cares only for clothes. He changes every hour of the day. The regular expression is "The emperor is in his dressing room." The two swindlers appear in town and promise a cloth that becomes invisible to every person not fit for his office or impossibly dull. Does it make sense that the emperor thinks that by wearing such clothes he can tell which people are not fit for their posts? Everyone in town is anxious to see how stupid his neighbor is. As everybody praises the cloth, the emperor knights the two and gives them the title "Gentlemen Weavers." The art here presents full-page pictures on one page balancing text with a simple symbol -- a crown on a pillow -- on the other page. By way of exception, there is a two-page spread of the two weavers working away on their large and empty shuttle. Adams is at his best in rendering the naked emperor. He is clever in covering the "fig leaf" zone in picture after picture of the absolutely naked emperor. First, it is a weaver's arm that covers the spot. Then it is the emperor's walking stick in front of the mirror. Then it is indeed a leaf of a plant held by one of the children along the route. In a magnificent two-page spread, a bird flying by covers the spot as the emperor strides proudly along. But that picture already has the child at its edge. "But he has nothing on." At last all the people cry the same. The emperor writhes but believes that the procession must go on. He holds himself stiffer than ever. Does he learn anything? And what happens to those weavers?

Identifier

10809 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/87247

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US The Unicorn Publishing House

en_US Morris Plains, NJ

Subject

en_US PZ8.A542Empe 1989 See all items with this value

en_US Emperor See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

Book, Whole