Dec 24, 2009

E. T. A. Hoffmann | E. T. A. Hoffmann

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For most of his life, E. T. A. Hoffmann cherished the hope that he would one day be remembered as a composer, and it was only late in his career as an artist that literary preoccupations began to outweigh his interest in music. By the time of his death, Hoffmann had, nevertheless, produced a considerable literary oeuvre that included two novels and more than seventy tales. Hoffmann gathered most of the tales into three collections. He published the first under the title Fantasiestücke in Callots Manier (1814- 1815; Fantasy Pieces in the...

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E. T. A. Hoffmann | E. T. A. Hoffmann

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