by E. T. A. Hoffmann · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9783150001929
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«Die Elixiere des Teufels» is the gothic novel by German writer E. T. A. Hoffmann, published by Reclam in paperback (376 pages, in German).
The monk Medardus drinks a mysterious elixir that awakens his darker side; from then on he is swept along by supernatural events, guilt and obsession in a monastic setting of German Romanticism. The novel explores temptation, madness and the dual nature of human beings with a somber tone.
Written in 1815; this Reclam edition is from 1975 and is part of the Reclams Universal-Bibliothek series.
For readers of German Romantic classics and gothic fiction with supernatural elements and an unsettling atmosphere.
Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann was a German Romantic author of fantasy and gothic horror, a jurist, composer, music critic and artist. His short story "The Sandman" is seen as a pioneering work of horror fiction, while his novella Mademoiselle de Scuderi is regarded as one of the earliest examples of crime fiction.
