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Main Author: Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus), 1776-1822
Other Authors: Bell, Anthea, Adler, Jeremy D.
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
German
Published: London : Penguin, 1999.
Series:Penguin classics.
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Physical Description:xxxiii, 349 pages ; 20 cm.
ISBN:0140446311
Author Notes: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 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.

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