Ritter Gluck
Ritter Gluck is a 1809 short story by E. T. A. Hoffmann. It was the first short story Hoffmann published when it appeared in the 15 February 1809 edition of the Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung.[1] Ritter Gluck was later republished in 1814 in Hoffmann's Fantasiestücke in Callots Manier.[2] The story features German composer Christoph Willibald Gluck as a ghostly figure; the story is set in 1809, and Gluck died in 1787.
Plot summary
The story is told in the
Reception
Christoph Willibald Gluck died in 1787, and the story was published in 1809. This fact led to some disagreement as to whether Hoffmann intended Ritter Gluck to be a fantasy story, or whether "Gluck" was instead a mad stranger who has convinced himself to be the composer. According to Gerhard Schulz , Hoffmann leaves it up to the reader's interpretation.[4]
References
- ^ Kremer 2012, p. 99.
- ^ Henry Burnand, Garland; Garland, Mary, eds. (1997). "Ritter Gluck". The Oxford Companion to German Literature. Oxford University Press.
- ^ Kremer 2012, p. 102.
- ^ Schulz 1989, p. 426.
Sources
- Kremer, Detlev, ed. (2012). E. T. A. Hoffmann Leben - Werk - Wirkung (in German). De Grutyer. ISBN 9783110240009.
- Schulz, Gerhard (1989). Die deutsche Literatur zwischen Französischer Revolution und Restauration. Munich: Beck. ISBN 3-406-09399-X.
External links
- Ritter Gluck at Project Gutenberg (in German)
- Ritter Gluck at Zeno.org (in German)