Originally published in 1926, as part of the Cambridge Plain Texts series, this volume contains the complete text of E. T. A. Hoffmann's Der Kampf der Sanger. The story is presented in German with a short editorial introduction in English. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Hoffmann and German literature."

First published in 1951, as part of the Cambridge Plain Texts series, this volume presents E. T. A. Hoffmann's novella Meister Martin der Kufner und seine Gesellen in the original German. A short editorial introduction and bibliography are also included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Hoffmann and German literature."

Hoffmann, among the greatest and most popular of the German Romantics, is renowned for his humorous and sometimes horrifying tales of supernatural beings. This selection, while stressing the variety of his work, focuses on those stories in which the real and the supernatural are brought into contact and conflict. This new translation includes The Golden Pot, The Sandman, Princess Brambilla, Master Flea, and My Cousin's Corner Window.
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