by E. T. A. Hoffmann · Dtv · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783423123778
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«Die Elixiere des Teufels» is the Gothic novel by E. T. A. Hoffmann, published by Dtv in paperback (382 pages, in German).
Medardus, a monk admired for his sermons, guards the reliquary and drinks from the Devil's Elixirs with which Satan tempted Saint Anthony. The sip inflames his vanity and leads him away from grace. Sent to Rome, the journey drags him into lies, theft, and murder. His doubles reflect his flaws and restore his self-knowledge.
The novel originally appeared in 1815; the full title alludes to the posthumous papers of Brother Medardus, a Capuchin.
Those interested in German Romanticism and classic nineteenth-century horror.
Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann was a German Romantic author of fantasy and gothic horror, a jurist, composer, music critic and artist. His short story "The Sandman" is seen as a pioneering work of horror fiction, while his novella Mademoiselle de Scuderi is regarded as one of the earliest examples of crime fiction.
