On the Supernatural in Fictitious Composition
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On the Supernatural in Fictitious Composition, and in Particularly in the works of E.T.W.Hoffmann is an essay by Sir Walter Scott on the supernatural in fiction with particular attention to the work of E. T. A. Hoffmann. It features long excerpts and synopses of the plots of The Entail and The Sandman. It was first published in the Foreign Quarterly Review, I, 1 (July) 1827, pp. 60-98.
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Scott's Criticism of Hoffmann
Sir Walter Scott concludes that Hoffmann needs medical attention more than he needs literary criticism.
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Goethe's Translation of Scott's Criticism of Hoffmann
In his diary for 24 December 1827 Goethe referred to the arrival of 'ein grosses bücherpaket"
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