: Finding original manuscripts or early editions is difficult because much of his output was multi-disciplinary—he was an accomplished composer and caricaturist as well as a writer.
: He pioneered the concept of the "uncanny" ( das Unheimliche ), using dolls and automatons to explore human psyche, a theme later analyzed by Sigmund Freud. Hoffmann, E T A ( LH ) rar
: Hoffmann famously lived two lives: a "sober" judge by day and a "haunted" artist by night. : Finding original manuscripts or early editions is