E.T.A. Hoffman

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E.T.A. Hoffman

• By Chenoa Morris
• A.K.A. Katja

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Some Facts on E.T.A. Hoffman

• Full name Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffman (later
  changed to Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffman)
• Born on January 24, 1776
• From Konigsberg, East Prussia a very lively and
  cultural place

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Map of East Prussia
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A Picture of Konigsberg
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Family History

• Father- Christoph Ludwig Hoffman 1736-1797. He
  was a barrister in Konigsberg, Prussia
• Mother- cousin of Christoph Louisa Albertina
  Doerffer 1748-1796
• E.T.A was the youngest of three children. The
  second child died in infancy
• Eldest son is named Johann Ludwig Hoffman

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A Broken Home

• E.T.As parents get a divorce when he was 3
• Father Christoph moves with his eldest son Johann
  to Inters berg, E.T.A. never sees them again
• Left in his mothers care
• Louisa Doerffer was said to be on the edge of
  insanity, to live with her became to difficult
• E.T.A. goes to live with his uncle Otto Wilhelm
  Doerffer

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The School Days

• 1782- attended reformed Burapchule school in
  Konigsberg where he studied the arts and
  sciences, as well as music, drawing, and painting
• 1786- close friendship with Theodor Hippel began
• 1792- Began studying law at the University of
  Konigsberg

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A start in the working world

• 1795- Hoffman passes his 1st state law exam and
  starts work as an assistant in Konigsberg
• 1798- He passes his 2nd state law exam was
  transferred to Kammergericht (Chamber Court) in
  Berlin
• 1800- In March he passes his 3rd state law exam
  was appointed an assessor by the Prussian
  government transferred to Posen (Poland)

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Sad Times

• 1796- On March 13th death of Mutter as a result
  E.T.A. moves to Glogau with his god Uncle
  J.L.Doerffer
• 1797- On April 27th death of his Vater at
  Intersberg

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Finds Love More

• 1802- Hoffman marries Maria Thekla Michaelina
  Rorer-Tracinska, a young Polish girl
• 1804- in February he was appointed as councilor
  transported to Warsaw
• 1805- in July his daughter Caecilia was born

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A Change In Career

• 1805- E.T.A. becomes vice president of the
  Musikalische Gesellschaft (Musical Society), he
  conducts his first Orchestra
• Out of respect for the composer Mozart E.T.W. (A)
  changes his 3rd Christian name Wilhelm to Amadeus

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Napoleon his French army

• 11-28-1806 French troops invade Warsaw which
  leads to the demise of Prussian government its
  courts
• The effect, E.T.A. loses his job
• Anyone who wouldnt swear allegiance to Napoleon
  was told to leave the country
• E.T.A. wanted to go to Vienna but was denied
• E.T.A. is forced to go to Berlin

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The near starvation years

• 1807- August his daughter Caecilia dies of
  cholera
• E.T.A. couldnt keep a job
• He had to borrow money constantly from friends
  family
• He was barely able to survive
• was starving

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Musical Career Starts

• 1808- Hoffman becomes a music director in Bamberg
• 1809- his first weird tale is written called
  Ritter Gluck
• 1810- Hoffman becomes a director, composer of
  occasional works, stage designer and painter at
  the Bamberg Theater
• Hoffman also did private music lessons

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Facts

• Hoffman was considered the 1st romantic composer
• He loved writing about the lives of musicians
• He invoked music in his stories whenever possible
• 1st to create unusual sound effects in his
  programs
• 1st to support Beethoven intelligently

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His Musical Accomplishments

• 10 Operas which led to a dozen plays
• Vocal music
• 2 Masses
• Several Cantatas Motets
• Considerable amount of Chamber music
• 2 symphonies

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Realization

• Hoffman realizes that he will never have a stable
  or long-term career in music so he turns to
  writing in the last 10 years of his life

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E.T.A. Hoffman (the writer)

• Key author of the romantic movement
• Considered the first flowering of the horror
  fantasy short story
• Called the first Edgar Allen Poe of his time
• Had the technique of presenting the supernatural
  convincingly
• Hoffman considered to be a favorite German author
  in Europe, Canada, and the United States

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Job Security

• 1813- Hoffman obtains a secure position as a
  Judge in Berlin. He holds this position in the
  Supreme Court until his death
• His writings continue throughout

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Famous Writings

• The Jesuit Churches in G
• Nussknacker und Mausekonig
• The Little Zaches
• Die Elixiere des Teufels
• The Life Opinions of Kater Murr
• Der Sandmann
• Der Goldne Topf

• The Nutcracker The Mouse King
• The Devils Elixir
• His last unfinished book
• The Sandman
• The Golden Pot

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About his stories

• His short stories in which supernatural
  characters reveal peoples hidden secrets
• E.T.A. reveals the tragic and sometimes grotesque
  sides of human nature by populating their lives
  with sinister characters

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Continued

• Hoffmans fairy tales have been praised for their
  imagination, beauty, and idealism
• They are structured around clash of good evil
• Also a contrast between mans ideal his mundane
  existence
• He presents a view of a better world for those
  who have eyes to see it

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Der Goldne Topf

• This story is about a magical battle between the
  Archivarius the witch. It involves the powers
  of the supernatural world running rampant through
  Dresden.
• Critics agree that The Golden Pot is Hoffmans
  best story written
• E.T.A. considers it to be the best as well. While
  working on this story he wrote God grant me to
  finish the story as I have begun it. I have never
  done anything better everything else is still
  lifeless compared to it

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Some more stories

• Der Sandman(The Sandman) written in 1817 is a
  tale surrounding a young man Nathaniel in which
  he believes a salesman he encounters is a
  gruesome childhood fairy tale character come to
  life
• Die Automate(Automata) written in 1814 is a two
  part tale containing a ghost story and a mystery
  about a robot
• Der Elixiere des Teufels(The Devils Elixir)
  written in 1815-16 is a doppelganger tale in
  which 2 characters identities are so intermeshed
  that neither can tell where one begins and the
  other ends

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The Nutcracker the Mouse King

• This story is popular in children books
• Performances of the Nutcracker are a yearly
  feature in many cities around Christmas time
• It inspired Pystr Ilyich Tchaikovskys ballet in
  1892

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View of the Nutcracker

• E.T.A.s Nutcracker

• Todays Nutcracker

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Some Book Covers
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References of Hoffman in other fiction

• Robertson Davies invokes Hoffman as a character
  with a pet name of ETAH trapped in limbo within
  his novel Lyre of Orpheus 1988
• Andrew Crumeys novel Mobius Dick also mentions
  Hoffman
• Alexandre Dumas referenced Hoffman in The Count
  of Monte Cristo
• Der Sandmann(The Sandman) influenced Sigmund
  Freud's theory Oedipal Castration Complex

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E.T.A. Hoffman (his death)

• 1822 E.T.A. became ill
• He abused alcohol and contracted syphilis which
  led to weakening of his limbs, eventually this
  led to his paralysis
• Hoffman dies in Berlin at the age of 46

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Written on his Gravestone

• The Life E.T.W. Hoffman
• Born Konigsberg in Prussia on January 1776
• Died in Berlin, on 25 June 1822
• Legal Court Advisor
• Excellent In His Official Position
• As writer
• As composer
• As artist
• Dedicated by his friends

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A drawing of himself
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Influences

• Europe
• Carl Jung
• Sigmund Freud
• Edgar Allen Poe
• United States
• Washington Irving
• Nathaniel Hawthorne
• Charles Dickens

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Major Influence
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Hoffman Lives On

• E.T.A. Hoffman was received and read with great
  enthusiasm in France Russia
• By 1833 an edition of his works appeared in
  France
• 10 years later he had become the best known
  German Romantic

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Die Welt Wird Traum, der Traum Wird Welt!

The world becomes the dream, the dream becomes
the world!
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E.T.A. Bamberg Theater
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About the E.T.A. Hoffman Theater

• The theater was built in 1802
• Named in honor of the German poet and composer,
  Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann.

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E.T.A. Hoffman House Museum
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E.T.A. Hoffman House/A Germany Attraction

• The E. T. A. Hoffmann Haus in Bamberg is located
  on Schillerplatz. This house was the former home
  of the man, who became one of the main people
  involved in the Romantic movement. This house is
  a museum to Hoffmann and his works, with many of
  his writings and memorabilia on display.

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Works Cited

• http//www.kirjasto.sci.fi/hoffman.htm
• http//www.germanculture.com.ua/library/weekly/aa0
  83000a.htm
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._T._A._Hoffman
• http//www.geocities.com/Vienna/Strasse/3732/hoffm
  -zeittafel.html
• http//www.agermanyattraction.com/