WorkE.T.A. Hoffmann (Ernst Theodor Amadeus)

Fantasiestücke in Callots Manier [Fantasy Pieces in Callot's Manner]

Fantasiestücke in Callots Manier [Fantasy Pieces in Callot's Manner] (1814–15), Inferred

E.T.A. Hoffmann (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) (1776–1822) · 1814–15

InferredFuller 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.

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Documented 1843

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I. Childhood

II. Adolescence

III. Self-Directed

IV. Transcendentalist

V. New York1record

VI. Europe

✦. Memoirs (1852)

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Summer on the Lakes, in 1843

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“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.