E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776–1822)
Author of The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
About the Author
German writer, composer, and painter ErnstTheodor Amadeus Hoffman was born in Konigsberg, Prussia in 1776. After beginning a career in the law, Hoffman turned to music, working as a conductor, music director, and critic, and later composing a ballet, an opera, and other works. He established show more himself as a writer with the four-volume story collection Phatasiestucke in Callier Manier (Fantasy Stories in the Manner of Callot), which was published in 1814-1815. Even though he published several novels and story collections, including Nachtstucke (Hoffman's Strange Stories, 1817) and Die Serapionsbruder (The Serapion Brethren, 1819-1821), Hoffman continued to support himself as a legal official in Berlin. This struggle between artistry and bureaucracy is played out in many of his works. Hoffman died of progressive paralysis in 1822. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Series
Works by E. T. A. Hoffmann
The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr together with a fragmentary Biography of Kapellmeister Johannes Kreisler on Random Sheets of Waste Paper (1821) — Author — 917 copies, 24 reviews
Einfach Deutsch : Textausgaben : E. T. A. Hoffmann : Der Sandmann (2004) — Text — 33 copies, 1 review
Selected writings of E. T. A. Hoffmann : Volume 1 Tales + Volume 2 Novel [Chicago Press] (1969) 24 copies
The Sandman, The Nutcracker, and Other Dark Fairy Tales: The Best Weird Tales and Fantasies of E. T. A. Hoffmann (2018) 20 copies
E. T. A. Hoffmann's Musical Writings: Kreisleriana; The Poet and the Composer; Music Criticism (1989) 12 copies
De onzichtbaren en andere vertellingen 10 copies
Sämtliche Werke in sechs Bänden: Band 1: Frühe Prosa. Briefe. Tagebücher. Libretti. Juristische Schrift. Werke 1794-1813 (1985) — Author — 8 copies
Racconti — Author — 7 copies
Sämtliche Werke in sechs Bänden, Bd.3, Nachtstücke; Klein Zaches; Prinzessin Brambilla; Werke 1816-1820 (1985) 7 copies
E. T. A. Hoffmann - Gesammelte Werke: Don Juan, Die Elixiere des Teufels, Der Sandmann, Das steinerne Herz, Lebensansichten des Katers Murr, Nußknacker ... (Gesammelte Werke… (2013) — Author — 6 copies
Menschen und Mächte 6 copies
Cuentos de musica y musicos / Tales of Music and Musicians (Akal Literaturas) (Spanish Edition) (2003) 5 copies
Sämtliche Werke in sechs Bänden, Bd. 6: Späte Prosa, Briefe, Tagebücher und Aufzeichnungen, Juristische Schriften, Werke 1814-1822 (2004) 5 copies
El hombre de arena y otros relatos 5 copies
Kater Murr Bd. 1 [...] 5 copies
Reclam XL : Text und Kontext : E. T. A. Hoffmann : Das Fräulein von Scuderi (2015) — Writer — 5 copies
E.T.A. Hoffmann in Aufzeichnungen seiner Freunde und Bekannten : eine Sammlung (1974) — Featured Artist — 5 copies
Los románticos alemanes — Contributor — 4 copies
Klassische Schullektüre: Der Sandmann: Text - Erläuterungen - Materialien. Empfohlen für das 10.-13. Schuljahr: Schülerband (2007) 4 copies
Der goldne Topf. Textausgabe mit Kommentar und Materialien: Reclam XL - Text und Kontext (2021) 4 copies
Contes Fantastiques : Tome 3, Les Contemplations du chat Murr. Les Souffrances musicales du maître de chapelle Jean Kreisler (1993) — Author — 4 copies
Einfach Deutsch : Textausgaben : E. T. A. Hoffmann : Klein Zaches genannt Zinnober (2012) — Text — 4 copies
La donna vampiro e altri racconti 4 copies
Het majoraat en andere geschiedenissen — Author — 4 copies
Il maggiorasco e altre novelle — Author — 4 copies
E. T. A. Hoffmann : Höhepunkte seines Schaffens [aus der Reihe: Deutsche Klassiker Jubiläums-Bibliothek] (1978) 4 copies
Sämtliche Werke in sechs Bänden, Bd. 5: Lebensansichten des Katers Murr; Werke 1820-1821 (1992) 4 copies
Prinzessin Brambilla. Das fremde Kind. — Author — 4 copies
O castelo mal-assombrado — Author — 4 copies
El cuento romántico 3 copies
Prinzessin Brambilla - Lebensansichten des Katers Murr E.T.A.Hoffmanns Werke - Dritter Band (1967) 3 copies
Romanzi e racconti 3 copies
Eliksiry satany : posmertnye zapiski brata Medarta, kapucina, izdannye sočinitelem "Fantastičeskich povestej v manere Kallo" (1999) — Author — 3 copies
The Nutcracker 3 copies
Bibliothek der literarischen Meisterwerke (Deutsche Klassiker): Erzählungen von E.T.A. Hoffmann (1980) — Author — 3 copies
Erzaehlungen 3 copies
Quebra - Nozes, O 3 copies
Kater Murr Bd. 2 [...] 3 copies
Contos 3 copies
Don Juan, Ritter Gluck — Author — 3 copies
E.T.A. Hoffmann, Werke in vier Bänden, Bd. I — Author — 3 copies
E.T.A. Hoffmann. Das Gesamtwerk.: In chronologischer Reihenfolge. Illustriert. (Gesamtwerke der Weltliteratur 1) (2014) 3 copies
Sämtliche Werke in drei Bänden 3 copies
Hoffmanns Werke 3 copies
Lesen und Üben : E. T. A. Hoffmann : Der Nussknacker [book + sound recording] (2011) — Writer — 3 copies
Der Sandmann. Textausgabe mit Kommentar und Materialien: Reclam XL – Text und Kontext (2021) 2 copies
Poetische Werke. Bd. 1-8 2 copies
Unheimliche Geschichten 2 copies
Les Contes fantastiques 2 copies
Lesen und Üben : E. T. A. Hoffmann : Das Fraulein von Scuderi [book + sound recording] (2013) — Writer — 2 copies
Klassiker auf CD-Rom : E. T. A. Hoffmann : Das Fräulein von Scuderi [sound recording + commentary] (1996) — Text — 2 copies
Three Märchen of E.T.A. Hoffmann 2 copies
Der goldene Topf / Klein Zaches genannt Zinnober / Meister Martin der Küfner und seine Gesellen 2 copies
Fantastische Erzählungen 3 2 copies
The Nutcracker -Illustrated- 2 copies
Letzte Erzählungen: Die Doppeltgänger, Die Räuber, Der Elementargeist und andere (German Edition) (2016) 2 copies
Die Doppeltgänger : Erzählung ; aus den Feierstunden besonders abgedruckt (2020) — Author — 2 copies
Новеллы 2 copies
Fantastische Erzählungen 2 2 copies
Die Irrungen / Verloren und Gefunden: Fragment aus dem Leben eines Phantasten (German Edition) (2011) — Author — 2 copies
Kum Adam 2 copies
I magnifici 7 capolavori della letteratura tedesca (eNewton Classici) (Italian Edition) (2013) 2 copies
Житейские воззрения кота Мурра Роман; Золотой горшок; Щелкунчик и мышиный король : Повести : Пер. с… (1989) 2 copies, 1 review
CUENTOS TOMO IX (LAS MINAS DE FALUN - LA SUERTE DEL JUGADOR - EL OBSERVATORIO) (1922) — Author — 2 copies
Märchen 2 copies
San i ljubav 1 copy
Schelkunchik i Myshinyj korol = Nu? knacker und Mausekonig: chitaem v originale s kommentariem (2024) 1 copy
Hoffmanns Werke Zweiter Band / Meyers Klassiker (Erzählungen) — Author — 1 copy
Märchen Band 2 — Author — 1 copy
The Story of the Hard Nut — Author — 1 copy
Histoire d'un casse-noisette : Un conte d'Hoffmann — Author — 1 copy
Hoffmans Werke 1 copy
Hoffmanns Werke Erster Band / Meyers Klassiker (Märchen, Novellen) — Author — 1 copy
Sämtliche Werke (IV) 1 copy
Erzählungen und Novellen : I 1 copy
Velna eliksīrs 1 copy
(all) 1 copy
Sämtliche Werke (III) 1 copy
Золотой горшок Крошка Цахес, по прозванию Циннобер : Сказки : Пер. с нем. / Эрнст Теодор Амадей… (2001) 1 copy
Эликсиры сатаны [Роман] 1 copy
Собрание сочинений, том 1: Фантазии в манере Калло, Принцесса Бландина, Необыкновенные страдания… 1 copy
The History Of Krakatuk — Author — 1 copy
Ночные истории 1 copy
Märchen der Romantik 1 copy
Opowieści 1 copy
Die schönsten Erzählungen 1 copy
relatos fantásticos óscar 4 1 copy
Märchen 1 copy
Märchen 1 copy
E. T. A. Hoffmann válogatott művei [...] 1 Fantáziadarabok Callot modorában : lapok egy utazó rajongó naplójából [...] (2007) 1 copy
E. T. A. Hoffmann válogatott művei [...] 2 Fantáziadarabok Callot modorában : lapok egy utazó rajongó naplójából [...] (2007) 1 copy
Undine 1 copy
Cuentos Fantásticos 1 copy
Fantastische Erzählungen 1 copy
Ausgewählte Werke. [Bd. 7]. Meister Martin, der Küfner, und seine Gesellen und andere Erzählungen 1 copy
Contos Fantásticos 1 copy
Racconti dal buio 1 copy
Sämtliche poetischen Werke - Band 3: Lebensansichten d. Katers Murr / Meister Floh / Prinzessin Brambilla / Klein Z — Author — 1 copy
Hoffman: Aurora 1 copy
Contes et nouvelles d'hoffmann — Author — 1 copy
Contos de Assombro 1 copy
Musical writings 1 copy
Zwölf Berlinische Gedichten 1 copy
L'enfant étranger 1 copy
The Nutcracker 1 copy
Tagebücher - Nach der Ausgabe Hans v. Müllers mit Erläuterungen herausgegeben von Friedrich Schnapp — Author — 1 copy
Üstat Pire 1 copy
El Cascanueces 1 copy
Tränen unterm Schutenhut 1 copy
Briefwechsel Dritter Band - Amtliche Briefe - Dokumente - Gesamtregister — Author — 1 copy
Briefwechsel Zweiter Band - Berlin 1814-1822 — Author — 1 copy
Fantastické povídky 1 copy
Don Juan : 4 hudeb. novely 1 copy
Phantastische Erzählungen: Das Majorat - Don Juan - Ritter Gluck - Klein Zaches, genannt Zinnober — Author — 1 copy
Hoffmanns Erzählungen - Aus dem Werk des Dichters E.T.A. Hoffmann — Author — 1 copy
E.T.A. Hoffmann, Auswahl 1 copy
Le botaniste. Les Brigands 1 copy
Dunkle Mächte 1 copy
Maerchen, Band 2 1 copy
Maerchen 1 copy
Coppelia. Avtor Teksta Ilona Borska. Illustrated By Milada Mikulova. Seriia: Ballet (1970) — Author — 1 copy
Die Geheimnisse / Merkwurdige Korrespondenz Des Autors Mit Verschiedenen Personen (German Edition) (2012) — Author — 1 copy
Von Menschen, Monstern und Mysterien: illustrierte Liebhaberausgabe klassischer Gruselgeschichten (2019) 1 copy
The Nutcracker 1 copy
Der Sandmann" von E.T.A. Hoffmann. Erzählstrukturen des Wahnsinns und des Unheimlichen (2013) 1 copy
Leo Delibers' Coppelia 1 copy
Maerchen, Band 1 1 copy
Werke in 5 Bänden 1 copy
Fantastiske fortellinger 1 copy
Don Juan och andra noveller 1 copy
Ausgewählte Erzählungen 1 copy
Berliner Novellen 1 copy
Les souffrances musicales 1 copy
Schiaccianoci 1 copy
Schriften zur Musik / Nachlese : Aufsätze und Rezensionen — Author — 1 copy
Ausgewählte Werke in sechs Bänden. Zweiter Band. Klein zaches - Prinzessin Bambilla - Die Brautwahl — Author — 1 copy
Bd. 4. Erzählungen 1 copy
The Sandman-Der Sandmann and The Tales of Hoffmann-Les contes d'Hoffmann: English-German/English-French Parallel Text Edition (2010) 1 copy
Nutcracker (extract only) 1 copy
Die Geheimnisse 1 copy
Dresdner Erzählungen — Author — 1 copy
Weihnachtsgeschichten 1 copy
Romans courts 1 copy
Missa, Miserere 1 copy
Vampiri, demoni — Author — 1 copy
E.T.A. Hoffmanns gesammelte Schriften: Nachtstücke, Das Elixier des Teufels und weitere Schriften (German Edition) (2017) 1 copy
HOFFMANN,E.T.A., Poetische Werke. Bd. 1 - 11 (von 12). Mit zahlr. Ill. von Walter Wellenstein. Bln., de Gruyter, 1957 - 1961. Braune ill. Olwdbde. m. ill. OU. (1957) — Author — 1 copy
Trois histoires d'épouvante 1 copy
Märchen - 1. Teil: Der goldne Topf / Klein Zaches / Meister Floh — Author — 1 copy
CUENTOS, TOMO III - ELCABALLERO GLUCK - DON JUNA - EL CONSEJERO KRESPEL — Author — 1 copy
Ignace Denner. Le voeu — Author — 1 copy
Contes et fantaisies 1 copy
Le majorat. Le sanctus 1 copy
Les maîtres-chanteurs. La maison d́serte. Le diable — Author — 1 copy
Hamburger Lesehefte plus Königs Materialien : E. T. A. Hoffmann : Das Fräulein von Scuderi (2022) — Text — 1 copy
L'enfant étranger. Le casse-noisette — Author — 1 copy
Hudobné novely 1 copy
Hamburger Lesehefte plus Königs Materialien : E. T. A. Hoffmann : Der goldne Topf (2020) — Text — 1 copy
Hamburger Lesehefte : E. T. A. Hoffmann : Der Artushof + Bergwerke zu Falun : Zwei Erzählungen (1986) — Text — 1 copy
La storia di Schiaccianoci 1 copy
Contes retrouvés 1 copy
Hoffmanns äventyr 1 copy
German Short Stories 1 copy
Poetische Werke 1 copy
Dagmar Mezricky 1 copy
Il Principe Schiaccianoci 1 copy
Beethoven: Trio No. 2 / Hoffman: Trio in E major — Composer — 1 copy
By E.T.A. Hoffmann - Nutcracker (Reprint) (2012-11-14) [Hardcover] — Author — 1 copy
Fantastische Erzählungen 1 1 copy
Werke in vier Bänden Band 2 — Author — 1 copy
Powieści fantastyczne. Tom 2 1 copy
Powieści fantastyczne. Tom 1 1 copy
Cuentos de Hoffman 1 copy
Märchen. Band 1 und 2. 1 copy
Sämtliche Werke 1 copy
The Nutcracker (pop-up book) 1 copy
Alle Jahre wieder: Die schönsten Weihnachtsklassiker für Kinder zum Vorlesen und ersten Selberlesen (2018) 1 copy
Slečna ze Scudéry 1 copy
Erzh̃lungen 1 copy
Người cát 1 copy
Erzählungen. Werke, band 4. 1 copy
Laimētā līgava : stāsti 1 copy
Hyänen [Kurzgeschichte] 1 copy
Märchen — Author — 1 copy
Hoffmann 1-3 1 copy
Associated Works
Spells of Enchantment: The Wondrous Fairy Tales of Western Culture (1991) — Contributor — 603 copies, 5 reviews
Isaac Asimov Presents : The Best Science Fiction of the 19th Century (1981) — Contributor — 155 copies, 2 reviews
In the Shadow of Edgar Allan Poe: Classic Tales of Horror, 1816-1914 (2015) — Contributor — 107 copies, 3 reviews
The Graphic Canon of Children's Literature: The World's Greatest Kids' Lit as Comics and Visuals (2014) — Contributor — 100 copies, 1 review
A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Tales (Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classic Collection) (2021) — Contributor — 91 copies
La dimension fantastique, Tome 1 : Treize nouvelles de Hoffmann à Claude Seignolle (1998) — Contributor — 80 copies, 2 reviews
Tales of the German Imagination from the Brothers Grimm to Ingeborg Bachmann (Penguin Classics) (2012) — Contributor — 79 copies, 2 reviews
Great Tales of Terror from Europe and America: Gothic Stories of Horror and Romance 1765-1840 (1972) — Contributor — 75 copies
E.T.A. Hoffmann: Das Leben eines skeptischen Phantasten (1984) — Associated Name — 56 copies, 1 review
The Greatest Christmas Stories of All Time: Timeless Classics That Celebrate the Season (2006) — Contributor — 50 copies
A Very German Christmas: The Greatest Austrian, Swiss and German Holiday Stories of All Time (2020) — Contributor — 37 copies, 1 review
Deadly Dolls: Midnight Tales of Uncanny Playthings: 50 (British Library Tales of the Weird) (2024) — Contributor — 33 copies, 1 review
Lapham's Quarterly - Lines of Work: Volume IV, Number 2, Spring 2011 (2011) — Contributor — 32 copies, 2 reviews
Deutschland erzählt. Von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe bis Ludwig Tieck (1970) — Contributor — 26 copies
My Little Library of Christmas Classics: The Night Before Christmas; The Nutcracker; Christmas Carols; The Fir Tree (1983) 18 copies
The Lady Sleuths MEGAPACK ®: 20 Modern and Classic Tales of Female Detectives (2014) — Contributor — 16 copies
Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories: German, Russian, Scandinavian (1907) — Contributor — 9 copies
Deutsche Novellen von Tieck bis Hauptmann — Contributor — 8 copies
Tchaikovsky: Ballet Suites - Sleeping Beauty / Swan Lake / Nutcracker (1996) — Original story — 8 copies
Uit het leven van een nietsnut en andere verhalen — Contributor — 5 copies
Great European short novels — Contributor — 4 copies
Tales from the German, Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors (1844) — Contributor — 4 copies
Dichtung der Romantik (10. Band) Volkstum I Lied, Märchen, Sage, Legende. Übersetztes aus fremdem Volkstum — Contributor — 3 copies
Dichtung der Romantik Bd. 12. Die Welt der Romantiker : Berichte u. Selbstdarstellungen. Briefe u. Urkunden — Contributor — 3 copies
Charakteristiken : die Romantiker in Selbstzeugnissen und Äusserungen ihrer Zeitgenossen — Contributor — 3 copies
Czarny pająk : opowieści niesamowite z literatury niemieckojęzycznej (1988) — Contributor — 3 copies
The intellectual tradition of modern Germany : A collection of writings from the eighteenth to the twentieth century (1973) — Contributor — 3 copies
Bruin's Midnight Reader: Strange and Engaging Stories for the Curious (2022) — Contributor — 3 copies
Fiction and fantasy of German romance; selections from the German romantic authors, 1790-1830 — Contributor — 3 copies
Dichtung der Romantik Bd. 4. Erzählungen 4 : Märchendichtung. Brentano, Fouqué, E. T. A. Hoffmann, Novalis, Runge — Contributor; Illustrator — 2 copies
Dichtung der Romantik Bd. 9. Lyrik : Gedicht, Ballade, Scherz. Vaterländisches — Contributor — 2 copies
Dichtung der Romantik Bd. 11. Volkstum 2 : Volksbücher. Betrachtungen zur Dichtkunst, Musik, Bildenden Kunst, Philosophie u. Wissenschaft. Fragmente, Ideen, Aphorismen — Contributor — 2 copies
The intellectual tradition of modern Germany : A collection of writings from the eighteenth to the twentieth century : Volume 1 : Philosophy, religion and the arts (1973) — Contributor — 2 copies
Dichtung der Romantik Bd. 7. Romane 3 : Achim von Arnim: Die Kronenwächter. Bd. 1.2 [in 1 Bd] — Illustrator — 2 copies
Der Zauberspiegel. Phantastische Erzählungen der Weltliteratur — Composer — 2 copies
Dichtung der Romantik Bd. 5. Romane 1 : Novalis: Heinrich von Ofterdingen. Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder: Joseph Berglinger. Joseph von Eichendorff: Dichter und ihre Gesellen — Illustrator — 2 copies
Nußknacker und Mausekönig und andere Geschichten der Weltliteratur (1988) — Contributor — 2 copies, 1 review
Dichtung der Romantik Bd. 3. Erzählungen 3 : Dunkel - Grauen - Verhängnis. Arnim, Brentano, Chamisso, E. T. A. Hoffmann, Schelling, Tieck — Contributor; Illustrator — 2 copies
Dichtung der Romantik Bd. 1. Erzählungen 1 : Schwärmen - Schweifen - Abenteuer. Eichendorff, Jean Paul, Arnim, Tieck, E. T. A. Hoffmann (1960) — Contributor; Illustrator — 2 copies
Lübbes Auswahlband. Die besten Schauergeschichten der deutschsprachigen Literatur. (1983) — Contributor — 2 copies
Dramen von Zacharias Werner — Contributor — 1 copy
Die Romantik in Deutschland — Featured Artist — 1 copy
Goldmann Klassiker mit Erläuterungen : Des Mordes schwere Tat : Kriminalerzählungen (1993) — Contributor — 1 copy
Unheimliche Geschichten — Contributor — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Hoffmann, E. T. A.
- Legal name
- Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm
- Other names
- Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Amadeus
- Birthdate
- 1776-01-24
- Date of death
- 1822-06-25
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Burgschule, Königsberg, Prussia
- Occupations
- jurist (Supreme Court, Berlin|building is now part of the Jewish Museum by Libeskind)
writer
composer
music critic
caricaturist
author - Relationships
- Hoffmann, Christoph Ludwig (father)
Doerffer, Luise Albertine (mother)
Hoffmann, Johann Ludwig (brother)
Hoffmann, Carl Wilhelm Phillip (brother)
Doerffer, Johanna Sophie "Fuesschen" (maternal grandmother)
Doerffer, Otto Wilhelm (maternal grandfather) (show all 9)
Doerffer, Minna (cousin)
Rorer-Trzynska, Maria Thekla Michalina (wife)
Hoffman, Cecilia (daughter) - Cause of death
- syphilis
- Nationality
- Prussia
- Birthplace
- Königsberg, Kingdom of Prussia, Holy Roman Empire
- Places of residence
- Königsberg, Kingdom of Prussia, Holy Roman Empire (now Russia)
Berlin, Brandenburg, Kingdom of Prussia, German Confederation (now Germany)
Glogau, Silesia
Dresden, Saxony
Bamberg, Germany
Leipzig, Saxony, Germany (show all 7)
Warsaw, Poland - Place of death
- Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, German Confederation
- Burial location
- Friedhof der Gemeinde der Jerusalem- und Neuen Kirche vor dem Halleschen Tor, Berlin, Germany
- Map Location
- Germany
Members
Discussions
E. T. A. Hoffmann in Gothic Literature (September 2022)
THE DEEP ONES: "The Mines of Falun" by E. T. A. Hoffmann in The Weird Tradition (April 2022)
Life & Opinions of Tomcat Murr in Le Salon Littéraire du Peuple pour le Peuple (January 2010)
Reviews
The Sandman is a nightmarish figure from the childhood memories of the main character, Nathanael, and to what degree the characters Coppelius and Coppola are actually daemonic creatures or projections of Nathanael's fears, Hoffmann leaves to the reader to decide. The most horrifying element for me was Nathanael's extreme narcissism, in which he was very much a pitiable victim as well as, ultimately, an abuser. There's lots of psychology to unpack, which Freud did, badly, in my show more opinion.
Freud's analysis of Hoffman's "The Sandman" in his essay The Uncanny focuses on Nathanael's "castration complex" as a means of resolving the 'good' and 'bad' father figures in his psyche. Freud consistently misapprehended the accounts of childhood abuse his clients told him of, because how could the respectable burghers of Vienna who brought to him their wives, daughters and sons, be the same monsters who plagued their dreams, or the same men who paid his fees?
Consequently, Freud developed a psychological theory based on his inability to face the horrifying truth of patriarchal violence and abuse, presenting the world with the victim-blaming concepts of a feminine predisposition to neurosis and of childhood sexual fantasizing over parents, ideas which, sadly, continue to give cover to paedophiles and abusers, especially when the perpetrators are people of "good (or royal) character". show less
Freud's analysis of Hoffman's "The Sandman" in his essay The Uncanny focuses on Nathanael's "castration complex" as a means of resolving the 'good' and 'bad' father figures in his psyche. Freud consistently misapprehended the accounts of childhood abuse his clients told him of, because how could the respectable burghers of Vienna who brought to him their wives, daughters and sons, be the same monsters who plagued their dreams, or the same men who paid his fees?
Consequently, Freud developed a psychological theory based on his inability to face the horrifying truth of patriarchal violence and abuse, presenting the world with the victim-blaming concepts of a feminine predisposition to neurosis and of childhood sexual fantasizing over parents, ideas which, sadly, continue to give cover to paedophiles and abusers, especially when the perpetrators are people of "good (or royal) character". show less
Hoffmann, hayatının son yıllarında yazmış olduğu bu eserde Rabelais ve Sterne’ün muzip edebiyatına olan vefa borcunu ortaya koyduğu gibi, Kafka’dan Poe’ya, Bulgakov’dan Marquez’e gerçekliğimizi anlatmak için doğaüstü anlara başvurmuş olan çağdaş yazarların da izleyeceği bir yol tutturmuştur. Hastalık hastası, insansevmez besteci Johannes
Kreisler’in anılarını yazdığı kâğıtları kendi anıları için müsvedde olarak kullanan sıradan bir kedinin show more hayat hikâyesini anlatmaya koyulan Hoffmann’ın bu ikili anlatısı öylesine moderndir ki, okurlar onun zevkine ve hicvine ancak 20. yüzyılda yetişebilmiştir. Her bir sayfasında Hoffmann’ın ustalığını ve öngörüsünü sezdiğimiz bu roman, şüphesiz yayımlandığı yüzyılın en tuhaf kitaplarından bir tanesi.
“Hoffmann gibi parlak, ehlileştirilmemiş ve benzersiz bir aklın bıraktığı ürünlerin hatırası ilelebet merak nesneleri olarak zihinlerde kalmalı.”
THOMAS CARLYLE show less
Kreisler’in anılarını yazdığı kâğıtları kendi anıları için müsvedde olarak kullanan sıradan bir kedinin show more hayat hikâyesini anlatmaya koyulan Hoffmann’ın bu ikili anlatısı öylesine moderndir ki, okurlar onun zevkine ve hicvine ancak 20. yüzyılda yetişebilmiştir. Her bir sayfasında Hoffmann’ın ustalığını ve öngörüsünü sezdiğimiz bu roman, şüphesiz yayımlandığı yüzyılın en tuhaf kitaplarından bir tanesi.
“Hoffmann gibi parlak, ehlileştirilmemiş ve benzersiz bir aklın bıraktığı ürünlerin hatırası ilelebet merak nesneleri olarak zihinlerde kalmalı.”
THOMAS CARLYLE show less
A creepy and original Gothic masterclass, with the added bonus of carrying great thematic depth. Traumatised from youth by stories of the Sandman, a folklore figure who helps children fall to sleep, our unfortunate protagonist Nathaniel associates this benign character with a brutal man who worked with his father when Nathaniel was a child, who coincidentally arrived at their house each night when the children were sent to bed. As a young adult, Nathaniel encounters a man who reminds him of show more his father's old associate, and begins a descent into madness.
The story carries a lot of depth, and like many great short stories it can be interpreted in different ways; namely, whether Nathaniel is correct in his suspicions or whether he is truly going mad. It sets the then-contemporary Enlightenment and Romantic movements against each other, much like its stablemate Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, which was published a couple of years later. It is a very accomplished story, even in translation, and serves as a bridge between traditional supernatural-monster folklore and more modern psychological horror. But it is more than a cultural museum piece: it reads very well and is an all-round excellent choice for a short dose of rich, rewarding entertainment. show less
The story carries a lot of depth, and like many great short stories it can be interpreted in different ways; namely, whether Nathaniel is correct in his suspicions or whether he is truly going mad. It sets the then-contemporary Enlightenment and Romantic movements against each other, much like its stablemate Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, which was published a couple of years later. It is a very accomplished story, even in translation, and serves as a bridge between traditional supernatural-monster folklore and more modern psychological horror. But it is more than a cultural museum piece: it reads very well and is an all-round excellent choice for a short dose of rich, rewarding entertainment. show less
Житейские воззрения кота Мура. Золотой горшок. Щелкунчик и мышиный король by Гофман Эрнст Теодор Амадей
Незавершаны раман “Жыццёвыя погляды ката Мурра”, пабудаваны на іранічнай паралелі паміж светам жывёл і светам людзей. Гэта філасофскае сутыкненне двух міроў: рацыянальнага і рамантычнага. Раман ў нейкім сэнсе аўтабіяграфічны, дзе дыхатамія ўнутранага свету аўтара show more прарываецца на старонкі кнігі. Дый і ў самім рамане два раманы: аўтабіяграфія навуковага ката і жыццё прыдворнага капельмайстра.
"Залаты гаршчок" — казка-аповесць Гофмана пра летуценнага Ансельма і яго свет чараўніцтва і дзівацтваў. У казкі шчаслівы канец з глыбокім сэнсам. Вы яго знайшлі?
"Шчаўкунок і Мышыны кароль" нават не буду апісваць, бо калі і не чыталі, так дакладна глядзелі мульт, альбо нават балет. 😀
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"Залаты гаршчок" — казка-аповесць Гофмана пра летуценнага Ансельма і яго свет чараўніцтва і дзівацтваў. У казкі шчаслівы канец з глыбокім сэнсам. Вы яго знайшлі?
"Шчаўкунок і Мышыны кароль" нават не буду апісваць, бо калі і не чыталі, так дакладна глядзелі мульт, альбо нават балет. 😀
Які варыянт вам спадабаўся больш? show less
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