Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann

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Definition
  1. Proper noun:
    • A German author and composer: Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann was a 19th-century German Romantic writer, composer, music critic, and caricaturist, best known for his influential and often fantastical short stories and novels.
Examples of Usage
  • Proper noun:
    • The tales of Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann were a major influence on later Romantic literature.
    • Many operas, such as Offenbach's "The Tales of Hoffmann," are based on the works of Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann.
Advanced Usage
  • "Hoffmannesque": An adjective describing something reminiscent of the bizarre, fantastical, and often darkly humorous style characteristic of Hoffmann's stories.
    • The film's dream sequences had a distinctly Hoffmannesque quality.
Variants and Related Words
  • E. T. A. Hoffmann: The name he is most commonly known by, as he changed his third name from "Wilhelm" to "Amadeus" in admiration of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
  • Hoffmann (noun): A common shorthand reference to the author in literary contexts.
Synonyms
  • Author: writer, storyteller.
  • Romanticist: a proponent or practitioner of Romanticism in the arts.
Related Phrases
  • The Tales of Hoffmann: The collective title often used for adaptations of his stories, most famously for Jacques Offenbach's opera.
    • We went to see a production of "The Tales of Hoffmann."
Related Idioms
Noun
  1. German writer of fantastic tales (1776-1822)

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