E. T. A. Hoffmann and Alcohol: Biography, Reception and Art

Victoria Dutchman-Smith

E. T. A. Hoffmann and Alcohol
Biography, Reception and Art

Victoria Dutchman-Smith

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Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (1776-1822), German novelist and composer

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MHRA Texts and Dissertations 75

Bithell Series of Dissertations 35

Maney Publishing for the Modern Humanities Research Association and the Institute of Germanic and Romance Studies

19 February 2010 • 196pp

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Throughout critical debates on E. T. A. Hoffmann, discussions of alcohol, and in particular its influence on and significance within E. T. A. Hoffmann's creative output, have been recurrent, impassioned and frequently divisive. Portrayals of the artist as tortured alcoholic, such as one finds in Offenbach's Contes d'Hoffmann, continue to capture the public imagination, but have fallen out of favour with critics wishing to bolster Hoffmann's status as a landmark writer.

Victoria Dutchman-Smith uses the specific fate of alcohol as a topic in literature, biography and criticism as a prompt for the re-evaluation of Hoffmann's changing identities over the past two centuries: as artist, critic, Romantic, pre-emptive modernist, canonised great and, not least, as drinker. The role of alcohol in Hoffmann's life and works cannot be separated from wider cultural and critical narratives, and Dutchman-Smith's enthusiastic exploration of these sheds dramatic new light on the use and abuse of categorisation, not just in past and present responses to Hoffmann's works, but in the very structures of literary debate.

Victoria Dutchman-Smith works in publishing.

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‘Clearly written in a jargon-free style, Dutchman-Smith’s study offers an illuminating discussion of a dimension of Hoffmann’s work that has received relatively little scholarly attention up until now, and which will be of interest to specialists and advanced students alike.’ — Birgit Röder, Modern Language Review 106, 2011, 904-05 (full text online)

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i-iv	Front Matter Victoria Dutchman-Smith doi:10.2307/j.ctt32b93b.1	Cite
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v-vi	Table of Contents Victoria Dutchman-Smith doi:10.2307/j.ctt32b93b.2	Cite
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vii-viii	Acknowledgements V. D.-S doi:10.2307/j.ctt32b93b.3	Cite
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ix-x	Abbreviations Victoria Dutchman-Smith doi:10.2307/j.ctt32b93b.4	Cite
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1-8	Introduction Victoria Dutchman-Smith doi:10.2307/j.ctt32b93b.5	Cite
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10-36	Part I: the Artist As Drinker: Chapter 1 ‘Ein Exotisches Produkt’: Alcohol and the Hoffmann Figure Victoria Dutchman-Smith doi:10.2307/j.ctt32b93b.6	Cite
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37-63	Chapter 2 ‘Eine Schauderhafte Warnungstafel’: the Drinking Writer As Exemplar Victoria Dutchman-Smith doi:10.2307/j.ctt32b93b.7	Cite
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64-86	Chapter 3 ‘Wenn So Die Blaue Flamme Emporzückt...’: Alcohol, Artistry, and Inspiration Victoria Dutchman-Smith doi:10.2307/j.ctt32b93b.8	Cite
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88-124	Part Ii: the Drinker As Artist: Chapter 4 ‘Schadenfrohe Taschenspieler [...] Die Unfug Mit Dir Trieben’: Alcohol and Storytelling Victoria Dutchman-Smith doi:10.2307/j.ctt32b93b.9	Cite
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125-168	Chapter 5 ‘Aus Dem Untergange Das Heil’: Sickness, Status, and ‘Syrakuser’ Victoria Dutchman-Smith doi:10.2307/j.ctt32b93b.10	Cite
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169-172	Conclusion Victoria Dutchman-Smith doi:10.2307/j.ctt32b93b.11	Cite
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173-180	Bibliography Victoria Dutchman-Smith doi:10.2307/j.ctt32b93b.12	Cite
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181-182	Appendix Victoria Dutchman-Smith doi:10.2307/j.ctt32b93b.13	Cite
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183-186	INDEX Victoria Dutchman-Smith doi:10.2307/j.ctt32b93b.14	Cite
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Dutchman-Smith, Victoria, E. T. A. Hoffmann and Alcohol: Biography, Reception and Art, MHRA Texts and Dissertations, 75 (MHRA, 2010)

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E. T. A. Hoffmann and AlcoholBiography, Reception and Art

Victoria Dutchman-Smith

E. T. A. Hoffmann and Alcohol
Biography, Reception and Art