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The Golden Pot and Other Tales E. T. A. Hoffmann

The Golden Pot and Other Tales By E. T. A. Hoffmann

The Golden Pot and Other Tales by E. T. A. Hoffmann


The Golden Pot and Other Tales Summary

The Golden Pot and Other Tales by E. T. A. Hoffmann

Hoffmann is among the greatest and most popular of the German Romantics. This selection, while stressing the variety of his work, puts in the foreground those tales in which the real and the supernatural are brought into contact and conflict. The humour of these tales is a result of the incongruity of supernatural beings at large in an ostentatiously everyday world. They include The Golden Pot, recognized as Hoffmann's masterpiece by himself and posterity; its spine-chilling companion tale, The Sandman, which Offenbach drew on for his opera Tales of Hoffmann, and which Freud examines in his essay `The Uncanny'; two longer and more elaborate fantasies, set respectively in Germany and Italy; and the late story, My Cousin's Corner Window, which shows the powers of the imagination being applied to everyday urban life, and marks a transition in European literature generally from Romanticism to Realism. Ritchie Robertson's detailed introduction places the stories in their intellectual and historical context and explores their compelling narrative complexities. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Table of Contents

The Golden Pot ; The Sandman ; Princess Brambilla ; Master Flea ; My Cousin's Corner Window

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GOR005682997
9780199552474
0199552479
The Golden Pot and Other Tales by E. T. A. Hoffmann
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Oxford University Press
2008-09-11
464
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