E. T. A. Hoffmann's Musical Writings: Kreisleriana; The Poet and the Composer; Music Criticism (Cambridge Readings in the Literature of Music)

This book offers a long-awaited opportunity to assess the thought and influence of one of the most famous of all writers on music and the musical links with his fiction. Containing the first complete appearance in English of Kreisleriana, it reveals a masterpiece of imaginative writing and whose profound humour and irony can now be fully appreciated.Hoffmann, E. T. A. is the author of 'E. T. A. Hoffmann's Musical Writings: Kreisleriana; The Poet and the Composer; Music Criticism (Cambridge Readings in the Literature of Music)', published 1989 under ISBN 9780521235204 and ISBN 0521235200.