{"product_id":"e-t-a-hoffmann","title":"E.T.A. Hoffmann","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eE.T.A. Hoffmann\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eRitchie Robertson\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781836391012\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eReaktion Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2025\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e160\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA life of the nineteenth-century German writer and composer most famous for inspiring \u003ci\u003eThe Nutcracker\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e E.T.A. Hoffmann (1776-1822) is celebrated for his supernatural fiction such as \u003ci\u003eThe Sandman \u003c\/i\u003eas well as his musical achievements, notably the opera \u003ci\u003eUndine\u003c\/i\u003e. This book offers a concise yet comprehensive introduction to Hoffmann as a Romantic writer, composer, and public figure. It follows his life as a lawyer, theater director, and senior judge in Berlin, where he clashed with authorities over their persecution of student radicals. Drawing on Hoffmann's personal writings and contemporary recollections, Ritchie Robertson also highlights how historical events like Napoleon's invasion disrupted Hoffman's career. Considering his literary and musical contributions together, the book presents Hoffmann as a multifaceted artist whose inventiveness, both comic and spine-chilling, remains influential today. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Reaktion Books","offers":[{"title":"E.T.A. Hoffmann | Ritchie Robertson | Paperback | 9781836391012 | New | Biography 1700262","offer_id":50828127273218,"sku":"1700262","price":41.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/71QIkuaLiXL.jpg?v=1792581139","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/e-t-a-hoffmann","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}