"The volume is very welcome as a prime choice for courses on nineteenth century fiction of on literature of the fantastic imagination."--Gerald Gillespie, Stanford University
"Excellent selection with extremely valuable and useful Introduction, Notes, and Chronology of Hoffmann's life....Reads very well, modern and smooth. Particularly gratified by attention Robertson gives to seventeenth- century artist Jacques Callot and influence he exerted on Hoffmann. All in all, a
highly commendable piece of work."--David B. Dickens, Washington and Lee University
"The choice of tales, the introduction, the bibliography and the notes make this an extremely valuable text for any general literature course. Thanks to Oxford and the translator for finally making Hoffmann accessible through his best tales."--E.M. Chich, Williams College
"The volume is very welcome as a prime choice for courses on nineteenth century fiction of on literature of the fantastic imagination."--Gerald Gillespie, Stanford University
"Excellent selection with extremely valuable and useful Introduction, Notes, and Chronology of Hoffmann's life....Reads very well, modern and smooth. Particularly gratified by attention Robertson gives to seventeenth- century artist Jacques Callot and influence he exerted on Hoffmann. All in all, a
highly commendable piece of work."--David B. Dickens, Washington and Lee University
"The choice of tales, the introduction, the bibliography and the notes make this an extremely valuable text for any general literature course. Thanks to Oxford and the translator for finally making Hoffmann accessible through his best tales."--E.M. Chich, Williams College
"The volume is very welcome as a prime choice for courses on nineteenth century fiction of on literature of the fantastic imagination."--Gerald Gillespie, Stanford University
"Excellent selection with extremely valuable and useful Introduction, Notes, and Chronology of Hoffmann's life....Reads very well, modern and smooth. Particularly gratified by attention Robertson gives to seventeenth- century artist Jacques Callot and influence he exerted on Hoffmann. All in all, a highly commendable piece of work."--David B. Dickens, Washington and Lee University
"The choice of tales, the introduction, the bibliography and the notes make this an extremely valuable text for any general literature course. Thanks to Oxford and the translator for finally making Hoffmann accessible through his best tales."--E.M. Chich, Williams College
"The volume is very welcome as a prime choice for courses on nineteenth century fiction of on literature of the fantastic imagination."--Gerald Gillespie, Stanford University
"Excellent selection with extremely valuable and useful Introduction, Notes, and Chronology of Hoffmann's life....Reads very well, modern and smooth. Particularly gratified by attention Robertson gives to seventeenth- century artist Jacques Callot and influence he exerted on Hoffmann. All in all, a highly commendable piece of work."--David B. Dickens, Washington and Lee University
"The choice of tales, the introduction, the bibliography and the notes make this an extremely valuable text for any general literature course. Thanks to Oxford and the translator for finally making Hoffmann accessible through his best tales."--E.M. Chich, Williams College
