The macabre imagination and erratic life of the man behind Christmas story The Nutcracker
- Written by Eric Parisot, Associate Professor in English Literature, Flinders University
Joe Forget/UnsplashIt’s that time of year when our favourite Christmas stories reemerge to dominate the stage and screen. Prominent among them is The Nutcracker, a classic 19th-century tale that has been adapted in a variety of forms, but is best known as Tchaikovsky’s 1892 ballet.
Not many would know E.T.A. Hoffmann as the author of...





