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The Sandman: A Case of the Uncanny Essay title: The Sandman: A Case of the Uncanny E.T.A. Hoffmann’s “The Sandman” is an excellent representation of Freud’s theory of the Uncanny, combined with some ideas of Todorov’s theory of the Fantastic and the Marvelous. The story relates the life of Nathaniel, a young student convinced that.