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Tales of Hoffmann

Tales of Hoffmann

Hoffmann, E. T. a.
Hollingdale, R. J.
Hollingdale, R. J.

Paperback

Series: Penguin Classics

HorrorClassic FictionGeneral Fiction

Publisher Price: $18.00

ISBN10: 0140443924
ISBN13: 9780140443929
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: Aug 26 1982
Pages: 416
Weight: 0.64
Height: 0.77 Width: 5.04 Depth: 7.81
Language: English
A lawyer by day and a creator of a world of fantasy by night, Hoffman (1776-1822) lived a Jekyll and Hyde existence. Many of the characters in his stories are subject to a similar split personality.

The duality of his nature is frequently reflected in some of his characters--Cardillac the goldsmith in Mademoiselle de Scudéry and Nathaniel in The Sandman, for example. Cardillac is a virtuous, industrious man by day but a violent criminal at night, while Nathaniel, obsessed by a childhood fantasy, is driven to madness and cruelty.

These tales can be read on several levels: as an expression of the concerns of the Romantic era, as impressive examples of German Romantic literature and as exciting works of fiction made all the more extraordinary by their concern with the supernatural and the bizarre.

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