E.T.A. Hoffmann
Born
in Königsberg (Prussia), Germany
January 24, 1776
Died
June 25, 1822
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Nutcracker
851 editions
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published
1816
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Der Sandmann
305 editions
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published
1816
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Der goldne Topf
by
221 editions
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published
1814
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Das Fräulein von Scuderi
186 editions
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published
1816
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The Devil's Elixirs
by
322 editions
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published
1815
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Tales of Hoffmann
by
130 editions
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published
1817
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The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr
by
172 editions
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published
1821
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Klein Zaches genannt Zinnober
92 editions
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published
1819
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The Golden Pot and Other Tales
by
17 editions
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published
1992
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Nachtstücke.
130 editions
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published
1816
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“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?”
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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?”
― The Golden Pot and Other Tales
― The Golden Pot and Other Tales
“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.”
― Die Serapions Brüder
― Die Serapions Brüder
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