Williams, S.M. (2016) E.T.A. Hoffmann and the Hairdresser around 1800. Publications of the English Goethe Society, 85 (1). pp. 54-66. ISSN 0959-3683
Abstract
The following historicizes the figure of the hairdresser in Die Elixiere des Teufels, and especially its relation to a pair of popular, recurrent representations in European culture around 1800. The hairdresser is here read as a self-made man, and as a second maker—a genius. Hoffmann made creative use of these two commonplaces. The character as an artisan working without attachment to a family lineage, fixed location or any other regulative structure, such as a guild, and the connection of hairdressing to literature as well as to other arts becomes productive for both Hoffmann’s novel and for his poetics more generally.
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Keywords: | E.T.A. Hoffmann; Die Elixiere des Teufels; comparative literature; hairdressers; self-made man; genius |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > School of Languages and Cultures (Sheffield) > Germanic Studies (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 17 May 2016 15:25 |
Last Modified: | 03 Apr 2019 12:37 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09593683.2016.1162582 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/09593683.2016.1162582 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:98589 |