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* [[Author Existence Failure]]: Invoked -- in failing health, Hoffmann abandoned writing ''The Life and Opinions of Tomcat Murr''. His pet cat, also named Murr and an inspiration for the story, had died. The book was published with a note saying that its "author", Murr, had left it unfinished at his death. |
* [[Author Existence Failure]]: Invoked -- in failing health, Hoffmann abandoned writing ''The Life and Opinions of Tomcat Murr''. His pet cat, also named Murr and an inspiration for the story, had died. The book was published with a note saying that its "author", Murr, had left it unfinished at his death. |
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* [[Beast Fable]]: ''The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr'' obviously owes much to this genre. |
* [[Beast Fable]]: ''The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr'' obviously owes much to this genre. |
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* [[Direct Line to the Author]]: In ''Tomcat Murr'', Hoffmann pretends to be merely the publisher of Murr's manuscript. |
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* [[Doppelganger]]: His signature trope. |
* [[Doppelganger]]: His signature trope. |
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* [[Framing Device]]: The story collection ''The Serapion Brethren'' has a circle of friends telling stories as a framing device. |
* [[Framing Device]]: The story collection ''The Serapion Brethren'' has a circle of friends telling stories as a framing device. |
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