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Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann ( 24 January 1776 - 25 June 1822 ), better known by his pen name E. T. A. Hoffmann , was a German Romantic author of fantasy and horror , a jurist , composer , music critic , draftsman and caricaturist . He is the subject...


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Name: Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann
Birth Date: January 24, 1776
Death Date: June 25, 1822
Place of Birth: Königsberg, Germany
Place of Death: Berlin, Germany
Nationality: German
Gender: Male
Occupations: writer, composer, artist

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Biography of Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann
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The German author, composer, and artist Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (1776-1822) is known chiefly for his short stories and novels. His work represents an extreme development of German romanticism toward the grotesque and the fantastic. On Jan. 24,...
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Biography of Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann
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An ironist and humorist par excellence, the prolific storyteller E. T. A. Hoffmann occupies a prominent place in the canon of nineteenth-century European literature. He is regarded today as the influential, eccentric genius of German Romanticism, whose...


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E. T. A. Hoffmann - (1776 - 1822) Summary
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E. T. A. Hoffmann - (1776 - 1822) (Born Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann, changed third name to Amadeus) German short story writer, novella writer, novelist, and music critic. Composer, musician, and artist E. T. A. Hoffmann is best known as a writer of...


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German Quarterly
A Study of the Major Novellas of E. T. A. Hoffmann
04/01/2004: 723 words, approx. 2 pages
19th Century Literature and Culture Roder, Birgit. A Study of the Major Novellas of E. T. A. Hoffmann. Rochester, NY: Camden House, 2003. xiii + 193 pp. $60.00 hardcover. The first question invited by the title of Birgit Roder's book concerns the choice...
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E. T. A. Hoffmann's Musical Aesthetics.(Book review)
06/01/2007: 1,978 words, approx. 7 pages
E. T. A. Hoffmann's Musical Aesthetics. By Abigail Chantler. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2006. [xii, 202 p. ISBN 0-754-60706-2. $89.95.] Music examples, bibliography, index. Given the fact that E. T. A. Hoffmann's writings have proved pivotal to discussions of music--musical listening, the idea of...
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The New York Observer
'Great' Beethoven in the Raw: Hearing the Hero's Inner Being
2/20/2005: 1,184 words, approx. 4 pages
Musicologist Richard Taruskin, in his brilliant new Oxford History of Western Music, observes that the notion of "great music" is a relatively recent one, dating from the end of the 18th century, when Mozart began aiming his sights toward a realm of human contemplation that...
 


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