E.T.A. Hoffmann

The Nutcracker and The Mouse King (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Nutcracker and The Mouse King" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (German: Nussknacker und Mausekönig) is a story written in 1816 by E. T. A. Hoffmann in which young Marie Stahlbaum's favorite Christmas toy, the Nutcracker, comes alive and, after defeating the evil Mouse King in battle, whisks her away to a magical kingdom populated by dolls. Content: Christmas Eve The Gifts The Favorite Wonders upon Wonders The Battle The Sickness The Story of the Hard Nut The Story of the Hard Nut Continued Conclusion of the Story of the Hard Nut The Uncle and Nephew The Victory The Puppet Kingdom The Capital The Conclusion E.T.A. Hoffmann, original name Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann (1776 — 1822), German writer, composer, and painter known for his stories in which supernatural and sinister characters move in and out of men's lives, ironically revealing tragic or grotesque sides of human nature.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: e-artnow
• Seitenzahl: 120
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. November 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 4064066445652
• Artikelnr.: 67766510

Autorenporträt

Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann was a German novelist of fantasy and Gothic horror, as well as a jurist, composer, music critic, and artist. His stories serve as the foundation for Jacques Offenbach's opera The Tales of Hoffmann, in which Hoffmann appears as the hero (albeit substantially embellished). He also wrote the novella The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, which served as the basis for Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker. The ballet Coppelia is based on two additional stories by Hoffmann, while Schumann's Kreisleriana is based on Hoffmann's character Johannes Kreisler. Hoffmann's maternal and paternal ancestors were jurists. His father, Christoph Ludwig Hoffmann (1736-97), was an attorney in Konigsberg, Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia), as well as a poet and amateur violist. In 1767, he married his relative Lovisa Albertina Doerffer (1748-96). Ernst Theodor Wilhelm, born on 24 January 1776, was the youngest of three children, of whom the second died in infancy. Between 1781 and 1792, he attended the Lutheran school, or Burgschule, where he excelled in classical studies. He was taught sketching by Saemann and counterpoint by Podbileski, a Polish organist who would serve as the template for Abraham Liscot in Kater Murr.