Hilda Brown

E. T. A. Hoffmann and the Serapiontic Principle (eBook, PDF)

Critique and Creativity

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Produktbeschreibung

A comprehensive investigation of Hoffmann's "Serapiontic Principle" and what it implies for his oeuvre.

Critics have long sought to elucidate the multilayered texts of E. T. A. Hoffmann by applying to them a particular set of theories and ideas that Hoffmann himself subsumed under the heading of the "Serapiontic Principle." This principle, which Hoffmann expounded in his collection of tales Die Serapionsbrüder, involves a complex intersection of the artist's faculties of imagination and perception.
However, Hoffmann's mode of presenting his theory presents an unusual problem: rather than the usual form of an essay or treatise, he adopts a fictional framework, complete with a set of "characters"; this in turn sets up a number of perspectives on the theory itself. This combination of literary and theoretical elements presents a severe challenge to critics, and not surprisingly there has been little agreement about what the "principle" actually entails or its wider relevance. With the principle as prime focus, this book provides detailed analysis of a broadly based selection of Hoffmann's texts, both theoretical and literary. It offers new perspectives on his narrative invention and the range of his theoretical interests, thus redefining his place at the forefront of German Romanticism.

Hilda Meldrum Brown is Professor of German at St Hilda's College, University of Oxford.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 225
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Oktober 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781571136831
• Artikelnr.: 68308000

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Approaches to the Serapiontic Principle Overture: Jacques
Callot Der Einsiedler Serapion: The Formulation of a Principle Der Dichter
und der Komponist: Text and Music Alte und neue Kirchenmusik Prinzessin
Brambilla: Callot Revisited Epilogue: Des Vetters Eckfenster Frame
Narrative and the Serapiontic Principle From Visual to Verbal: Three
Serapiontic Tales The "Nachtseite der Natur" and the Serapiontic Principle
The Märchen and the Serapiontic Principle The Serapiontic Principle: The
Wider Critique Conclusion Bibliography Index