The Uncanny Tales of E T A Hoffmann

[@milesknightestrada3286]

I have 2 Penguins of Hoffmann's writings: one a collection of his horror tales, the other a comic novel called 'The Life and Opinions of Tomcat Murr'. You have convinced me to look into him soon.

[@AndriusReadsBooksSometimes]

I read 'The Golden Pot' as a story of Romantic Sehnsucht, though weirdly enough one that ends with the longing being satisfied. But maybe that's part of the fairytale feel of it. 'The Sandman' is excellent. And I enjoyed 'My Cousin's Corner Window' as well. I read the Oxford collection of Hoffmann's stories, where it was also the last one -- it was a selection of I think 4-5 tales arranged to reflect Hoffmann's gradual movement from full on Romanticism to more naturalist types of writing. There seems to be a surprising lack of current, authoritative, complete editions of Hoffmann in English. All I've been able to find are scattered selections like the ones from Oxford, Penguin, and Archipelago.

[@LoganAlbright73]

@@AndriusReadsBooksSometimes It is indeed odd that his complete works aren’t readily available. Seems like an oversight!

[@CandySoulAndSoil]

I think this liminality in horror is the most scary. Music in particular composition is very much uncanny yes, it’s a journey communicating with something that very much is there but also isn’t at the same time and it can become anything different at any beat. Thank you for the review it sounds like an interesting book. Don’t you think grimms tales are very dark too as well?

[@LoganAlbright73]

Very well put! And yes, Grimm’s are my favorite fairy tales because they can be quite sinister.

[@rubif5797]

I think i read "The Sandmann" 20 Jears ago. A man circeling into Paranoia.