The Golden Pot and Other Tales (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Oxford World's Classics
Release date:	September 2008
First published:	2009
Authors:	E. T. A Hoffmann
Editors:	Ritchie Robertson
Dimensions:	196 x 129 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	410
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-955247-4
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > General Books > Fiction > Special features > Short stories Books > Fiction > Special features > Classic fiction
LSN:	0-19-955247-9
Barcode:	9780199552474

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Hoffmann distilled

Wed, 22 Jun 2022 | Review by: Maurice Faustrillo

Great introduction to Hoffman, especially the cover story which can be hard to obtain.

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