This book offers a long-awaited opportunity to assess the thought and influence of one of the most famous of all writers on music and the musical links with his

E.T.A. Hoffmann (1776-1822) was a man of diversified talents, an artist, composer, conductor, critic, jurist, and writer. Although he is best known for his stor

John MacAuslan interprets four great Schumann works in the context of their literary connections and Romantic aesthetic concepts.

Whilst E.T.A. Hoffmann (1776-1822) is most widely known as the author of fantastic tales, he was also prolific as a music critic, productive as a composer, and

This collection of essays addresses a very broad range of E. T. A. Hoffmann's most significant works, examining them through the lens of "transgression." Transg