but patience has never been my strong suit. In any case, here it is! Long live E.T.A. Hoffmann! https://www.bookforum.com/print/3004/e-t-a-hoffmann-s-obsessive-revolt-against-reason-25352
Do you have an opinion on how Wortsman's version holds up against previous translations? I have been trying to get into Hoffmann for a while but have sometimes found the translations to be a little stilted, whereas Kleist's brilliance comes through (in some way or another) in every translation I've read.
Do you have an opinion on how Wortsman's version holds up against previous translations? I have been trying to get into Hoffmann for a while but have sometimes found the translations to be a little stilted, whereas Kleist's brilliance comes through (in some way or another) in every translation I've read.
this rules