- Location
- Switzerland
- Name
- Matt
- Start Date
- Jan 24, 2021
- End Date
- Jan 24, 2021
To celebrate E.T.A. Hoffmann's birthday, here's his best known and most influential work, a horror story - or "dark fairy tale" - called "The Sandman" (published 1816) which Sigmund Freud later used as a lead and an example when he wrote "The Uncanny" (published in 1919).
It's a timeless, yet disturbing story of trauma, madness and amour fou ...
Still a staple in literature class - but with our students getting younger and younger, I may have to retire it before my own retirement.
M.
It's a timeless, yet disturbing story of trauma, madness and amour fou ...
Still a staple in literature class - but with our students getting younger and younger, I may have to retire it before my own retirement.
M.