Der Sandmann

Everything becomes more mysterious, inexplicable, and frightening: E.T.A. Hoffmann significantly altered the text of The Sandman between manuscript and print. This can be precisely traced in this new study edition, as it offers for the first time a synoptic arrangement of the text: the manuscript on the left side and the first print on the right. This layout provides an enlightening insight into the author's workshop. A line-by-line commentary and an afterword emphasize the special status of this classic.