MERIDIANELE LUI JOHANNES KREISLER
JOHANNES KREISLER'S MERIDIANS

Summary/Abstract: The present study is focused on the figure of the writer Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, less known and appreciated in the Romanian cultural space than other great German writers. However, we have shown here that Hoffmann's legacy proved to be immortal, reflecting even on the work of today's British author Neil Gaiman. Thus, either as a character or by his motifs, such as the automatic doll, the distorted optics, the uncanny (das Unheimliche) or the double (der Doppelgänger), the German romantic always returns to the attention of the reading public. We have thus traveled through the German, French, Scandinavian, Anglo-Saxon and Japanese literatures, finally revealing the influence of Hoffmann's work on the prolific Romanian author Cezar Petrescu. The symbolic guide we have chosen here is the author's most beloved literary alter-ego, the musician Johannes Kreisler.

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