Question
This essay compares a story about a man who becomes obsessed with Professor Spalanzani's daughter to the novel The Devil's Elixirs. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this essay, which argues that its title concept arises when childhood fantasies seem more real than adult worldviews. This essay argues that castration anxiety is an underlying theme of a story in which a character is said to steal children's eyes.
ANSWER: "The Uncanny" [or Das "Unheimliche"]
[10m] "The Uncanny" analyzes this short story, in which Nathanael falls in love with an automaton and associates the lawyer Coppelius with the title figure.
ANSWER: "The Sandman" [or "Der Sandmann"]
[10e] This author included "The Sandman" in his collection The Night Pieces. This German author also wrote The Nutcracker and the Mouse King.
ANSWER: E. T. A. Hoffmann [Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, or Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann]
<Alexandra Hardwick , Literature - European short fiction>
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