#e.t.a. hoffman

[restoranipivo]

today is the death anniversary of ernst theodore amadeus hoffmann, one of the greatest german romanticists, a music critic, and a composer. he died 204 years ago of respiratory paralysis due to neurosyphilis

[septembergold]

Cover of the second volume of the third German edition (1855)

Book jacket with an engraving of E. T. A. Hoffmann, Lebens-Ansichten des Katers Murr, third edition, Berlin 1855, volume 2. The title is nearly identical to that of the 1st edition; the jackets of both volumes are identical besides the caption “Erster Band.” and “Zweiter Band.” The engraving showing the learned tom cat Murr is based on an original design from Hoffmann. Hoffmann also describes exactly this picture in his preface to the 1st volume.

Date 1855

E. T. A. Hoffmann  (1776–1822)

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Art: William Blake

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It is the phantom of our own self whose deep affinity and profound influence on our state of mind either damns us to hell or uplifts us into heaven.

E.T.A. Hoffmann

(Centre of Applied Jungian Studies)

[have-you-read-this-short-fiction]

Have you read "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King"* by E. T. A. Hoffman?

Yes

No

I've never heard of this

Voting ended onJan 27, 2024

*Originally published in German under the title "Nussknacker und Mausekönig"

[imagenestopia]

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, 2018, Lasse Hallström,  Joe Johnston

[flavrsavr]

At that moment Archivist Lindhorst tapped me gently on the shoulder and said: 'Hush, my worthy friend! Don't complain like that! Weren't you in Atlantis yourself a moment ago, and haven't you at least got a pretty farm there, as the poetic property of your mind?

E.T.A Hoffman, The Golden Pot 

[balaenabooks]

@bibliophilicwitch 's Sunday Tomes and Tea

Reading The Nutcracker and The Mouseking by ETA Hoffmann, drinking chamomile tea.

[violentfille]

❄️ Disney’s The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)