The Serapion Brethren () is a collection of stories by the Prussian writer E. T. A. Hoffmann, published in four volumes by in 1819âÂÂ1821. It mainly consists of previously published novellas and short stories and presents them within a frame story inspired by the real Serapion Brethren, a literary circle in Berlin. The form was admittedly inspired by Ludwig Tieck's Phantasus (1812âÂÂ1817).
Contents
A frame story portrays eight meetings of the six members of the Serapion Brethren: Ottmar, Theodor, Lothar, Cyprian, Vinzenz and Sylvester. They tell each other stories and discuss to what extent they adhere to the Serapiontic Principle.
First volume, February 1819, 604 pages
- "Foreword" (Vorwort)
- "The Story of Serapion" (Der Einsiedler Serapion)*
- "" (Rat Krespel)*
- "" (Die Fermate)
- " (Der Dichter und der Komponist)
- "" (Ein Fragment aus dem Leben dreier Freunde)
- "" (Der Artushof)
- "" (Die Bergwerke zu Falun)
- "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" (NuÃÂknacker und Mausekönig)
Second volume, February 1819, 614 pages
- "" (Der Kampf der Sänger)
- "" (Eine Spukgeschichte)*
- "The Automata" (Die Automate)
- "" (Doge und Dogaresse)
- "Old and New Church Music" (Alte und neue Kirchenmusik)*
- "" (Meister Martin der Küfner und seine Gesellen)
- " (Das fremde Kind)
Third volume, October 1820, 590 pages
- "" (Nachricht aus dem Leben eines bekannten Mannes)*
- "" (Die Brautwahl)
- "" (Der unheimliche Gast)
- "Mademoiselle de Scuderi" (Das Fräulein von Scuderi)
- "" (Spielerglück)
- "" (Der Baron von B.)*
Fourth volume, Easter 1821, 587 pages
- ""
- "Zacharias Werner"
- ""
- "" (Der Zusammenhang der Dinge)
- "" (Vampirismus)*
- "Die ästhetische Teegesellschaft"*
- "" (Die Königsbraut)
* indicates a story that was published without a title in the original edition. Titles have been added by later editors.
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