Tales of Hoffmann
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780804462754 (0804462755)
Publish date: June 1st 1960
Publisher: Ungar Pub Co
Edition language: English
What role does art play in the pursuit of happiness? Does it mine all the beauty in the world and then refine it until the ore has been purified into unadulterated gold, or does beauty only enchant us the more because of the dross from which we try to separate it? Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, tho...