Danish Cognitive Cartographies of Space and Taste: Hans Christian Andersen’s Travels in Latin European Countries
Danish Cognitive Cartographies of Space and Taste: Hans Christian Andersen’s Travels in Latin European Countries

Summary/Abstract: The article examines Hans Christian Andersen’s cognitive cartographies of space and taste in some Latin European countries (Spain, Italy, Portugal, and Wallachia), drawing upon spatial and food studies. An enthusiastic traveller, Andersen perceived voyages as visceral experiences, indispensable for his life and creation. The writer was attracted constantly to dynamic and solar lands, such as Italy and Spain, and his senses were fascinated not only by the spectacular landscapes, but also by the picturesque and effervescent cityscapes, with a large variety of centres of socialization, such as cafés and food markets. The analysis aims to identify the characteristics of the Danish traveller’s mental gustatory and spatial maps, to point out the factors that shape their specificity, and to verify whether there any similarities among his cognitive cartographies of space and taste.

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