Author
E.T.A. Hoffmann (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) is documented in Fuller’s letters, books, and journals (1833–1843). 2 distinct works are named, most often in Summer on the Lakes, in 1843, and the most intensive engagement recorded is “quoted”.
Reprints, Memoirs passages, and repeat notes within a single manuscript are shown but never counted twice. Evidence for this author is selective, not exhaustive. Methodology →
“I should be very willing to join in such a society as you speak of... [Hedge had proposed a society based on those portrayed by E. T. A. Hoffmann in Serapionsbruder (Berlin, 1819-21) and by Ludwig Tieck in Phantasus]”
This page brings together documented engagements currently identified within the Fuller Reading Worlds catalog.
Selected passages from Fuller’s own writings, in chronological order.
“I should be very willing to join in such a society as you speak of... [Hedge had proposed a society based on those portrayed by E. T. A.”
Fuller, Margaret. The Letters of Margaret Fuller. Vol. I: 1817-1838. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1983.
Hudspeth identified that Hedge proposed a literary society modeled on E.
“that is too equivocal a position, whether in modern mythology, or Hoffman's tales.”
Fuller, Margaret. Summer on the Lakes, in 1843. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1844.
Inferred Fuller names 'Hoffman's tales' explicitly in the context of elemental spirits (gnomes, salamanders). The most likely referent is Hoffmann's Fantasiestücke (1814-15), which features elemental spirits prominently, especially 'Der goldne Topf' ('The Golden Pot'), where a salamander figure plays a central role.
Undated
Pieces with no legible date. They are part of the record but cannot be placed on the lifeline.
“My tears" says Hoffman were shed by thousands and thousands to make the diamonds of his crown; the fires of my breast made its gold”
Fuller, Margaret. "Journal Entry, February 1841." Boston Public Library Archives & Special Collections; MS Am. 1450; Box: 2, Folder: 95.
Inferred Fuller names 'Hoffman' and attributes a quotation to him, but does not identify which work the passage is from. Author's full name inferred from the 'Hoffman' named; specific work not identified.
Fuller quotes a passage she attributes to 'Hoffman,' using the words in the first person as an expression of sacrificial suffering that adorns a crown with tears-as-diamonds and heart-fires-as-gold.