The nutcracker / retold and illustrated by Rachel Isadora.
Record details
- ISBN: 0027474704
- Physical Description: [32] p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Macmillan, c1981.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Adaptation of: Nussknacker und Mausekönig. |
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Subject: | Fairy tales. |
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Homer Public Library | P MOVEMENT ISA (Text) | 000105745 | Children's Library -- Display | Available | - |
Author Notes
The Nutcracker
German writer, composer, and painter ErnstTheodor Amadeus Hoffman was born in Konigsberg, Prussia in 1776. After beginning a career in the law, Hoffman turned to music, working as a conductor, music director, and critic, and later composing a ballet, an opera, and other works. He established himself as a writer with the four-volume story collection Phatasiestucke in Callier Manier (Fantasy Stories in the Manner of Callot), which was published in 1814-1815. Even though he published several novels and story collections, including Nachtstucke (Hoffman's Strange Stories, 1817) and Die Serapionsbruder (The Serapion Brethren, 1819-1821), Hoffman continued to support himself as a legal official in Berlin. This struggle between artistry and bureaucracy is played out in many of his works. Hoffman died of progressive paralysis in 1822. (Bowker Author Biography)