E. T. A. Hoffmann

A lawyer by day and a creator of a world of fantasy by night, Hoffman (1776-1822) lived a Jekyll and Hyde existence. Many of the characters in his stories are subject to a similar split personality. The duality of his nature is frequently reflected in some of his characters—Cardillac the goldsmith in Mademoiselle de …

Gli elisir del diavolo è un romanzo dell'autore tedesco di epoca romantica Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann pubblicato nel 1815.