![]() ![]() For a small example of this, his Wikipedia entry mentions that some of his major influences were Novalis, Ludwig Tieck, Achim von Arnim, Clemens Brentano, Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert, Carlo Gozzi, and Calderón. The other major part of it, I'm sure, is that I simply don't know enough about Hoffmann, or the time period and place in which he lived in wrote. What makes them stand out is the fact they were written in 18, respectively. Thus, here I am.įirst, I should say that neither of these stories would be very remarkable if they were written today. Nevertheless, they are so bizarre that I have to say something about them. Hoffmann's stories: "The Golden Pot" and "The Nutcracker." The book is a compilation, and even though it's only got two stories, each story is not long enough to technically be a novella, so I didn't want to review them on my site (if I did that, I think I'd have to admit too many shorter stories, and comparing short stories to novels doesn't seem like a good idea). ![]() I just finished reading my Dover edition of two of E.T.A. ![]()
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