A Study of the Major Novellas of E.T.A. Hoffmann

by Birgit Roder

Analysis of the novellas of the German Romantic writer and composer, focusing on the issues of art and the artist.

The German Romantic writer and composer E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776-1822) -- perhaps best known to the English-speaking world through his Nutcracker and through Jacques Offenbach's opera Tales of Hoffmann -- struggled toconvince his predominantly bourgeois public of the merits of art and literature. Not surprisingly, many of his most...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571132716
• ISBN13: 9781571132710
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Camden House (NY)
• Length: 207 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"