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E.T.A. Hoffmann

Born

in Königsberg (Prussia), Germany

January 24, 1776

Died

June 25, 1822

Genre

Fantasy, Paranormal, Music

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Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann, better known by his pen name E. T. A. Hoffmann (Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann), was a German Romantic author of fantasy and horror, a jurist, composer, music critic, draftsman and caricaturist. His stories form the basis of Jacques Offenbach's famous opera The Tales of Hoffmann, in which Hoffman appears (heavily fictionalized) as the hero. He is also the author of the novella The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, on which the famous ballet The Nutcracker is based. The ballet Coppélia is based on two other stories that Hoffmann wrote, while Schumann's Kreisleriana is based on Hoffmann's character Johannes Kreisler.

Hoffmann's stories were very influential during the 19th century, and he is one of the major author ...more

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Average rating: 3.69 · 95,856 ratings · 7,890 reviews · 2,235 distinct works • Similar authors

	Der Sandmann 3.56 avg rating — 27,657 ratings — published 1816 — 336 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Nutcracker and the Mouse King 3.70 avg rating — 14,387 ratings — published 1816 — 343 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nutcracker 4.08 avg rating — 12,213 ratings — published 1984 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Der goldne Topf by E.T.A. Hoffmann, Hartmut Steinecke (Contributor) 3.41 avg rating — 5,462 ratings — published 1814 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Das Fräulein von Scuderi 3.29 avg rating — 4,208 ratings — published 1819 — 209 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Devil's Elixirs by E.T.A. Hoffmann, Ian Sumter, Slavko Grbešić (Translator) 3.78 avg rating — 3,212 ratings — published 1815 — 341 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tales of Hoffmann by E.T.A. Hoffmann, Stella Humphries, Vernon Humphries 4.02 avg rating — 2,311 ratings — published 1817 — 129 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr by E.T.A. Hoffmann, Anthea Bell (Translator), Walter Wellenstein (Illustrator), Jeremy Adler (Introduction) 3.94 avg rating — 2,315 ratings — published 1821 — 187 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nutcracker and Mouse King / The Tale of the Nutcracker by E.T.A. Hoffmann, Alexandre Dumas, Jack D. Zipes (Introduction) 3.69 avg rating — 2,269 ratings — published 1816 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Klein Zaches genannt Zinnober 3.69 avg rating — 1,309 ratings — published 1819 — 104 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by E.T.A. Hoffmann (?)

“Why should not a writer be permitted to make use of the levers of fear, terror and horror because some feeble soul here and there finds it more than it can bear? Shall there be no strong meat at table because there happen to be some guests there whose stomachs are weak, or who have spoiled their own digestions?”
― E.T.A. Hoffmann

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“Let me ask you outright, gentle reader, if there have not been hours, indeed whole days and weeks of your life, during which all your usual activities were painfully repugnant, and everything you believed in and valued seemed foolish and worthless?”
― E.T.A. Hoffmann, The Golden Pot and Other Tales

tags: golden-pot, ichschmertz, weariness

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“There are... otherwise quite decent people who are so dull of nature that they believe that they must attribute the swift flight of fancy to some illness of the psyche, and thus it happens that this or that writer is said to create not other than while imbibing intoxicating drink or that his fantasies are the result of overexcited nerves and resulting fever. But who can fail to know that, while a state of psychical excitement caused by the one or other stimulant may indeed generate some lucky and brilliant ideas, it can never produce a well-founded, substantial work of art that requires the utmost presence of mind.”
― E.T.A. Hoffmann, Die Serapions Brüder

tags: fantastic, fantastique, fantasy, genre, horror, inspiration, supernatural, writer, writing

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