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Definition of Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann
1. Noun. German writer of fantastic tales (1776-1822).
Generic synonyms: Author, Writer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann
Literary usage of Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of German Literature by Calvin Thomas (1909)
"... at last inextricably blent with the spooky, chimerical and gruesome, that
constitutes the literary knack of Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (1776-1822). ..."
2. A Brief History of German Literature: Based on Gotthold Klee's "Grundzüge by George Madison Priest, Gotthold Klee (1909)
"Another of the later Romanticists who won immediate fame was Ernst Theodor Amadeus
Hoffmann. Born in ETA Konigsberg in 1776, he led an erratic, ..."
3. The Literature of Germany: From Its Earliest Period to the Present Time by Franz J. L. Thimm (1844)
"Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann. (-1822.) This ingenious and extraordinary man
was born at Konigs- berg, on the 24th of January. Having studied jurisprudence ..."
4. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"... and Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (1776- 1822), the author of many wild,
fantastic tales and legends (Elixir des ..."
5. A History of German Literature by Wilhelm Scherer (1908)
"This mixture of the real and the imaginary was carried to its furthest extreme
by Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, who borrowed ..."
6. Catalogue of Books in the Lower Hall of the Boston Public Library in the by Boston Public Library (1892)
"Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann. Adalbert von Chamisso. Hegel, Georg Wilhelm
Friedrich. Lectures on the philosophy of history. Translated from the 3d German ..."
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