Klein Zaches called Zinnober

Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (1776-1822) - one of the most vivid and significant representatives of Romanticism in German literature. An extraordinarily gifted person - musician, composer, music critic, music teacher, conductor, artist, theatrical decorator, Hoffmann, with his multifaceted creative personality,... embodied the ideal of romantics - universalism in art. "Little Zaches, called Zinnober" (1818) - the story of an ugly dwarf, who is endowed by a good fairy with the ability to appear beautiful, using this to appropriate others' knowledge, successes, merits, and even love. This fairy tale is a sharp satire on Hoffmann's contemporary society of the despotic dwarfish German principality, its bureaucracy that creates idols for itself, blindly worships and obeys them, and even experiences an overwhelming fear of them, contrary to common sense. In the book offered to the readers...

Author: Эрнст Теодор Амадей Гофман

Printhouse: Karo

Series: Klassische literatur

Age restrictions: 16+

Year of publication: 2021

ISBN: 9785992508444

Number of pages: 256

Size: 163x112x8 mm

Cover type: soft

Weight: 120 g

ID: 1443357

Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (1776-1822) - one of the most vivid and significant representatives of Romanticism in German literature. An extraordinarily gifted person - musician, composer, music critic, music teacher, conductor, artist, theatrical decorator, Hoffmann, with his multifaceted creative personality, embodied the ideal of romantics - universalism in art. "Little Zaches, called Zinnober" (1818) - the story of an ugly dwarf, who is endowed by a good fairy with the ability to appear beautiful, using this to appropriate others' knowledge, successes, merits, and even love. This fairy tale is a sharp satire on Hoffmann's contemporary society of the despotic dwarfish German principality, its bureaucracy that creates idols for itself, blindly worships and obeys them, and even experiences an overwhelming fear of them, contrary to common sense. In the book offered to the readers...

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