The Sandman

short story by E.T.A. Hoffmann
VisualArtwork literary_work Q798227
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Summary

The Sandman is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,485 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: E. T. A. Hoffmann[3]
  • Genre: high literature[4], horror fiction[5]
  • Language of work or name: German[6]
  • Country of origin: Germany[7], Prussia[8], Kingdom of Prussia[9]
  • Inception: 1816[10]
  • Publication date: 1817[11]
  • Has edition or translation: Q123235643[12]
  • Work available at URL: https://www.projekt-gutenberg.org/etahoff/sandmann/sandmann.html[13]
  • Published in: Night Pieces[14]
  • Title: Der Sandmann[15]
  • First line: Nathanael an Lothar. Gewiß seid Ihr alle voll Unruhe, daß ich so lange — lange nicht geschrieben. Mutter zürnt wohl, und Klara mag glauben, ich lebe hier in Saus und Braus und vergesse mein holdes Engelsbild, so tief mir in Herz und Sinn eingeprägt, ganz und gar.[16]
  • Time period: Romanticism[17]
  • Last line: Es wäre daraus zu schließen, daß Klara das ruhige häusliche Glück noch fand, das ihrem heitern lebenslustigen Sinn zusagte und das ihr der im Innern zerrissene Nathanael niemals hätte gewähren können.[18]
  • Copyright status: public domain[19]

Why It Matters

The Sandman has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wolnelektury.pl. wolnelektury.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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