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Weird Tales - Volume 1
E. T. A. Hoffmann
Book Overview:
This recording includes both volumes of E. T. A. Hoffmann's Weird Tales, a collection of gothic novellas set in Germany, Italy, and some of the wilder parts of Europe. What there is of the supernatural in these tales is introduced with great subtlety if at all; most of the stories draw their "weirdness" from extraordinary characters, circumstances, or coincidences rather than from the paranormal, working out dark passions in dark settings. There are two themes dominating almost every one of these stories: not only the passion of young tragic love, but also a passion for Art in its every manifestation. With an almost religious fervor, Hoffmann builds each of his stories on a veneration for poetry, painting, craftsmanship, music. It is perhaps this passion for Art for Art's sake that made the stories of Hoffmann so profoundly influential on later writers, from the Bronte sisters of England to the Serapion Brethren and Marina Tsvetaeva of revolutionary Russia
This recording includes both volumes of E. T. A. Hoffmann's Weird Tales, a collection of gothic novellas set in Germany, Italy, and some of the wilder parts of Europe. What there is of the supernatural in these tales is introduced with great subtlety if at all; most of the stories draw their "weirdness" from extraordinary characters, circumstances, or coincidences rather than from the paranormal, working out dark passions in dark settings. There are two themes dominating almost every one of these stories: not only the passion of young tragic love, but also a passion for Art in its every manifestation. With an almost religious fervor, Hoffmann builds each of his stories on a veneration for poetry, painting, craftsmanship, music. It is perhaps this passion for Art for Art's sake that made the stories of Hoffmann so profoundly influential on later writers, from the Bronte sisters of England to the Serapion Brethren and Marina Tsvetaeva of revolutionary Russia
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Community Reviews
Al fín pude acabar con este libro, no ve+ia la hora de terminarlo, recién hasta ahora lo conseguí. Casi todos lo cuentos acaban mal o mueren o se pierden, no me gustaron en su mayoría, sólo 1 ó 2 si terminan bien a mi gusto., ´por lo que sólo 2 estrellas.
Note: This review is for both Weird Tales Vol. I and II.
E. T. A. Hoffman is best known for his story "Nutcracker and Mouse King" which was turned into the famous ballet. "Nutcracker" isn't included in this volume, but this collection does contain "Mademoiselle De Scuderi" which many consider to be t
Debo admitir que tenía muchas expectativas frente a la escritura de E.T.A. Hoffman y si bien muchas de ellas en parte se han cumplido, la lectura me ha costado un poco. Los cuentos condensados en este primer tomo poseen una prosa magistral a tal punto que las descripciones dadas por el autor son muy
My review of these weird tales will become a weird tale as I tell it.
In a nightmare I encountered a being of pure evil, it was beat formless and it did not move for it was crushed between the walls of a stairway. I was alerted by another horrible creature that I had to leave, it said to me “He is li
Ξεκίνησα να διαβάζω αυτήν τη συλλογή διηγημάτων του E.T.A. Hoffmann, προφανώς, εντελώς απροετοίμαστη. Στην πραγματικότητα ήθελα απλώς να έχω μια ιδέα προκειμένου να δω στη συνέχεια την όπερα του Offenbach, με τίτλο "Les contes d'Hoffmann", η οποία βασίζεται σε τρία διηγήματα του συγγραφέα:
1. Der Sa
The Cremona Violin - **
The Fermata - **
Signor Formica - ***
The Sandman - ***½
The Entail - ***
Arthur's Hall - **