Новеллы

by E.T.A. Hoffmann, Михаил Дорохов (Illustrator)

В сборник новелл Эрнста Теодора Амадея Гофмана (1776-1822) вошли "Дон-Жуан", "Золотой горшок", "Крошка Цахес", "Щелкунчик" и другие всемирно известные произведения выдающегося немецкого писателя, мастера фантастики и гротеска, который с удивительной прозорливостью разглядел реальные противоречия своего времени и, высмеяв унылую, тупую бездуховность бюргерско-чиновничьей среды, создал поэтические образы людей искусства, одухотворенных идеалами подлинной человечности и красоты.

336 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1983

About the author

Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann, better known by his pen name E. T. A. Hoffmann (Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann), was a German Romantic author of fantasy and horror, a jurist, composer, music critic, draftsman and caricaturist. His stories form the basis of Jacques Offenbach's famous opera The Tales of Hoffmann, in which Hoffman appears (heavily fictionalized) as the hero. He is also the author of the novella The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, on which the famous ballet The Nutcracker is based. The ballet Coppélia is based on two other stories that Hoffmann wrote, while Schumann's Kreisleriana is based on Hoffmann's character Johannes Kreisler.

Hoffmann's stories were very influential during the 19th century, and he is one of the major authors of the Romantic movement.