The Devil’s Elixirs
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The Devil’s Elixirs is a Gothic novel by E. T. A. Hoffmann that blends psychological horror, doppelgängers, and religious themes in a tale of madness and identity.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Devil’s Elixirs canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Gothic novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | E. T. A. Hoffmann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralMotif | diabolical elixir ⓘ |
| containsElement |
confessional narrative
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dealings with the Devil ⓘ frame narrative ⓘ murder ⓘ religious imagery ⓘ unreliable narrator ⓘ visions and hallucinations ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| genre |
Gothic fiction
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psychological horror ⓘ religious fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
radio adaptations
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stage adaptations ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Medardus
NERFINISHED
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a mysterious double of Medardus ⓘ monks ⓘ nobility ⓘ |
| hasInfluence |
later Gothic literature
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psychological horror fiction ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Romanticism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Medardus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Die Elixiere des Teufels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | German Romantic literature ⓘ |
| periodOfPublication | early 19th century ⓘ |
| setting |
monastery
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various locations in Europe ⓘ |
| theme |
doppelgängers
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guilt ⓘ identity ⓘ madness ⓘ religion ⓘ sin ⓘ temptation ⓘ the supernatural ⓘ |
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