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I started this novella last night with supper and finished it this morning. It‘s a story of justice turned to revenge that gets completely out of control. Martin Luther even makes an appearance to condemn and then assist the main character. I found it a bit ridiculous but with an interesting ending.

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It took me quite long to finally read THE story about our national hero. I'm quite happy I did. This is Marvel 1.0 with an overpowered superhero, but actually a nice read. Yes, I enjoy reading Schiller 😅 Now I also finally know the whole story, and not only parts of it. As always, the Reclam XL edition comes with sone interesting background information 👍

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Freud's analysis of Hoffman's "The Sandman" focuses on the mc's "castration complex" as a means of resolving the 'good' and 'bad' father figures in his psyche. Freud consistently misapprehended the accounts of childhood abuse his clients told him of, because how could the respectable burghers of Vienna who brought to him their wives, daughters and sons, be the same monsters who plagued their dreams, or the same men who paid his fees? ??

The Sandman is a nightmarish figure from the childhood memories of MC, Nathanael, & to what degree the characters Coppelius & Coppola are actually daemonic creatures or projections of Nathanael's fears, Hoffmann leaves the reader to decide. The most horrifying element for me was Nathanael's extreme narcissism, in which he was very much a pitiable victim as well as, ultimately, an abuser. There's lots of psychology to unpack, which Freud did, badly

Not *that* Sandman, but rather E. T. A. Hoffmann's 1816 gothic novella, being one of the stories from which Offenbach took inspiration for his opera, "The Tales of Hoffmann". It also provided grist for Sigmund Freud's mill, and this edition includes an extract from his essay, "The Uncanny", in which he examines the story from a psychoanalytic perspective. Sounds enticing! ?

Well, FINALLY I've read this important piece of literature by Goethe. It had a huge impact on society and culture, but just how big it was only came clear to me after reading the added information in this book. The story itself sadly didn't really appeal to me - I just didn't know enough about the Greek background... But - I finally read it! 😁

Yesterday on my trip around this part of Vierwaldstätter See I passed by the Chapel of Wilhelm Tell. It is part of Schiller‘s play Wilhelm Tell and shows some scenes of it. It is placed diectly at the shore of the lake with a beautiful view.

I read that.