(24 January 1776 – 25 June 1822), 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.[1] He is the subject and hero of Jacques Offenbach's famous but fictional opera The Tales of Hoffmann, and the author of the novelette The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, on which the famous ballet The Nutcracker is based. The ballet Coppelia is based on two other stories that Hoffmann wrote. Also Schumann's Kreisleriana is based on one of Hoffmann's characters.
Hoffmann's stories were very influential during the 19th century, and he is one of the major authors of the Romantic movement.
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Tales:
"Mademoiselle de Scudery",
"The Choosing of a Bride",
"The Golden Flower Pot," or The Golden Pot,
"Automata,"
"Nutcracker and the King of Mice,"
The Sandman,
Princess Brambilla,
Master Flea,
My Cousin's Corner Window.
Ritter Gluck
The Mines of Falun
The Doubles
Doge and Dogaressa
The Artushof
The Lost Reflection
The Adventures of New Year's Eve, 1814
"Chanson de Kleinzach"
The Adventures of Traugott
Annunziata
The Chain of Destiny
Ignaz Denner
Little Zack
those are for free reading:
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The Cremona violin or "Councillor Krespel"
The fermata
Signor Formica
The entail
Arturs Hall
those are for free reading:
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Selected bibliography:
Undine, 1812-14
Fantasiestücke in Callots Manier, 1814-15 (4 vols., rev. ed. 1819) [Fantasy Pieces in the Style of Callot]
Die Vision auf dem Schlachtfelde bei Dresden, 1814
Der goldne Topf: Ein Märchen aus der neuen Zeit, 1814 - The Golden Pot (tr. Thomas Carlyle, in German Romance: Specimens of its Chief Authors, 1827; Ritchie Robertson, in The Golden Pot and Other Tales, 1992) - Kultainen malja: satu uudelta ajalta (suom. Sanna Isto-Rodenkirchen, 2001)
Die Elixiere des Teufels, 1815-16 (2 vols.) - The Devil's Elixir (tr. R.P. Gillies, 1824) / The Devil's Elixirs (tr. R. Taylor, 1963) - Paholaisen eliksirit (suom. Arnold Laurell, 1930)
Nachtstücke, 1817 (2 vols., includes Der Sandmann, Das Majorrat, Das Gelübde, and other short stories) - Hoffmann's Strange Stories (tr. 1855) / The Sandman (tr. Ritchie Robertson, in The Golden Pot and Other Tales, 1992) - Hunnutettu nainen (suom. Werner Anttila, 1919)
Seltsame Leiden eines Theater-Direktors, 1819
Klein Zaches genannt Zinnober, 1819 - The King's Bride (tr. 1959) - Kiusanhenki (suom. Aino Tuomikoski, 1918)
Die Serapions-brüder: Gesammelte Erzählungen und Märchen, 1819-21 (4 vols., includes Nussknacker und Mauseköning, Die Bergwerke zu Falun, Das Fräulein von Scudéri, Die Brautwahl, and other stories) - The Serapion Brethren (tr. Alexander Ewing, 2 vols, 1886-92) / Nutcracker and Mouse King, and The Educated Cat (tr. Ascott R. Hope, 1892) / Mademoiselle de Scudery (in Tales of Hoffmann, ed. R.J. Hollingdale, 1982) / Nutcracker (tr. 1985) - Outo intohimo: kertomus Ludvig XIV:n ajalta (suomentanut J. E. Eteläpää, 1914) / Pähkinänrusentaja ja hiirikuningas (suom. Salme Setälä, 1918) / Pähkinänsärkijä (suom. Salme Setälä; suomennoksen tark. Hanno Vammelvuo, 1982)
Lebensansichten Des Katers Murr Nebst Fragmentarischer Biographie Des Kapellmeisters Johannes Kreisler in Zufälligen Makulaturblättern, 1820-21 (2 vols.) - The Life and Opinions of Kate Murr (tr. Leonard J. Kent and Elizabeth C. Knight, in Selected Writings of E.T.A. Hoffmann, vol. 2., 1969) - Kissa Murr ja hänen elämänviisautensa sekä satunnaisia makulatuurikatkelmia kapellimestari Kreislerin elämäkerrasta (suom. Teijo Havu, 1946)
Prinzessin Brambilla, 1821 - Princess Brambilla (tr. Ritchie Robertson, in The Golden Pot and Other Tales, 1992) - Prinsessa Brambilla: kuunnelma (suom. Erkki O. Aura, 1984)
Die marquise de la Pivardiere, 1821 - Markiisittaren rikos (suom. Bertta Sulonen, 1921)
Meister Floh, 1822 - Master Flea (tr. G. Sloane, 1826)
Die Maske, 1823
Die Letzten Erzählungen, 1825 (2 vols.)
Hoffmann's Fairy Tales, 1857 (tr. L. Burnham)
Weird Tales, 1885 (tr. T.J. Bealy)
Stories, 1908 (edited by Arthur Ransome)
E.T.A. Hoffmann im perso¨nlichen und brieflichen Verkehr: sein Briefwechsel und die Erinnerungen seiner Bekannten, 1912 (with Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel and Hans von Müller)
Werke, 1912 (15 vols., edited by Georg Ellinger)
Tales of Hoffmann: Retold from Offenbach's Opera, 1913 (tr. Cyril Falls)
Die Zeichnungen, 1921 (ed. Leopold Hirschberg)
Sämtliche Werke, 1922 (14 vols.)
Die Maske, 1923 (edited by Friedrich Schnapp)
Dichtungen und Schriften sowie Briefe und Tagebücher, 1924 (15 vols., edited by Klaus Kanzog)
The Tales of Hoffmann, 1943
Poetische Werke, 1958 (6 vols., edited by Gerhard Seidel)
Sämtliche Werke, 1960-65 (5 vols., edited by Walter Müller-Seidel and others)
The Devil's Elixirs, 1963 (tr. R. Taylor)
The Best Tales of Hoffmann, 1967 (edited by E.F. Bleiler)
Briefwechsel, 1967-69 (3 vols., edited by Hans von Müller and Friedrich Schnapp)
Selected Writings of E.T.A. Hoffmann, 1969 (2 vols., edited by Leonard J. Kent and Elizabeth C. Knight)
Tagebücher, 1971 (edited by Friedrich Schnapp)
Three Märchen, 1971
Tales of E.T.A. Hoffmann, 1972 (edited and translated by Leonard J. Kent and Elizabeth C. Knight)
Juristische Arbeiten, 1973 (edited by Friedrich Schnapp)
Gesammelte Werke, 1976-88 (edited by Rudolf Mingau and Hans-Joachim Kruse)
Tales, 1982 (edited by R.J. Hollingdale)
Sämtliche Werke, 1985-2004 (6 vols., edited by Wulf Segebrecht, Hartmut Steinecke, et al.)
The Golden Pot and Other Tales, 1992 (tr. Ritchie Robertson)
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