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Title	:	Der Sandmann
Author	:	E.T.A. Hoffmann
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 83 pages
Published	:	1986 by Insel Verlag (first published January 19th 1816)
Categories	:	Classics. Horror. European Literature. German Literature. Short Stories. Academic. School

Der Sandmann Paperback | Pages: 83 pages

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I read this rather (no very) creepy tale years ago, and while I truly enjoyed and above all appreciated E. T. A. Hoffmann's Der Sandmann, I also do not much feel like a detailed and intense rereading at this time, as the plot, the thematics actually repeatedly produced some rather vivid and glaring nightmares when I perused it, first for a German Romanticism course in undergrad and then later for my PhD Comprehensive Examinations (I still recall that there were dancing mechnical maniacal dolls, and a sandman who was anything but benevolent and was forever watching me with strange eyes, monitoring me, and during my PhD Comprehensive preparation phase, even nastily admonishing me to read my massive and awe-inspiring reading list always and ever faster and faster, yikes, it still gives me the shivers). A most definitely imaginative and wonderful, but also more than disturbing sojourn into E.T.A. Hoffmann's dark, grasping and uncanny night of the soul (interesting, even fun at times, but Der Sandmann is basically a story that is for all intents and purposes presents a 19th century horror genre experiment), and is thus most definitely a fairy tale (a Kunstmärchen) for adults, and NOT really appropriate for young children. And by the way, the "dancing doll" episode in Jacques Offenbach's famous opera, The Tales of Hoffmann, while brilliant and evocative in and of itself, is also (at least from a creepiness and uncanniness point of view) but a pale and tame reflection of Der Sandmann (on which the episode is distinctly but still rather loosely based).

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Original Title:	Der Sandmann
ISBN:	3458326340 (ISBN13: 9783458326342)
Edition Language:	German

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I had my eyes on it for a while (my plan was to read in German back when I had to read some German novels; glad I didn't read it back then though, because a) I don't know that much German and b) I think it's even better in English (I can't compare it though, but I mean that I understand it now more I think than when I read it in German). KarinaE (over at Booktube) read it and ever since I wanted to read it too, so I was really excited when I found out it was going to be published in this

About the title story only...E.T.A. HOFFMANN, The Sandman(1816). Remarkably modern-feeling in theme, probably because lately we've had quite a few writers harking back to this kind of story. The sinister traveling merchant Coppelius/Coppola, selling his 'eyes-a' is reflected in Ilse, Who Saw Clearly by E. Lily Yu, for example. And of course, the whole steampunk genre loves to explore the idea of clockwork automata.To a modern reader, the structure of the story flows a bit oddly and unevenly, and

A masterpiece of horror fiction, which features a surprisingly modern and complex dialectical analysis of the plot events by the characters themselves, who divide into rationalist and subjectivist camps and offer a kind of running commentary on the story. I'm surprised it was never subjected to a book-length deconstruction by Derrida or Barthes. The story is an unmistakable milestone in the formation of the modern conception of the unconscious. It tremendously impressed Freud and Kafka, is a

I am a German native and used to the style this book was written. However, I did read it in English and have to say this was an excellent translation.The story itself suited my taste in "creepy" books. It started with the letters written to Nathaniel's friend Lothar. It made me curious how Hoffmann will unravel the story and if he chose to have a happy ending. At times I felt Stephen King might have borrowed from him, since it reminded me a bit of his stories.An entertaining short story with a

I felt sick to my stomach throughout most of this. Theres nothing overly supernatural, creepy, or terrifying - just a horribly unsettling undercurrent of tension and dread running underneath each word. Its a marvel.Hoffmans skill here isnt in depicting ghouls or demons, but in showing us the effects an encounter with such (whether perceived or otherwise) can have on the human psyche. Our protagonist is plagued by a situation from his childhood, and subconsciously seems to seek this out in his

Original review posted hereThere is absolutely no reason for people to avoid reading this story. First of all, its short about 30 pages (and the ones I read were TINY pages). Secondly, its so. freaking. amazing. Seriously! Read it! Now Ill tell you why.For my Seminar in European Literature this semester we are studying the uncanny what the word means, how to define it ourselves, how its defined in stories, and were reading all sorts of fantastic things like Grimms Fairy Tales, Freuds essays,

Mr. Sandman, bring me a dreamMake him the cutest that Ive ever seenGive him the word that Im not a roverI'm sorry but that's all I can think of right now and now the song's stuck in my head :)))) Toodles!