The Golden Pot. Little Zaches, also known as Zinnober

Creativity of the great German writer E. T. A. Gofman is represented in this book by two fabulous stories - "Golden Pot" (1814) and "Baby Tsakhs, on the Nickname of Cinnober" (1819), which were among the recognized masterpieces of European romantic prose and in Much determined the author"s literary fate. The pages of these works are revealed by both the original mythologist-mystic, the singer of "sputter spirits" and the creator of "combined realities", under the pen of which Dresden XIX century can turn into utopian Atlantis, and as a stinging satir, vigorously mixing social and moral flaws of their era, And as a dear parodist-crossbird, artistic and selflessly playing in the literature, and as a thoughtful, observation researcher of life and art, inviting the reader to an exciting conversation improvisation and the inspired search for truth. The publishing of texts of the ABS is accompanied by detailed comments prepared specifically for this publication