A Companion to the Works of Hermann HesseIngo Cornils This volume of new essays sheds light on the major works of Hermann Hesse, including 'Siddhartha', 'Der Steppenwolf' and 'Das Glasperlenspiel'. Another six essays explore Hesse's interest in psychoanalysis, music and eastern philosophy, the development of his political views and the influence of his painting on his writing. |
Contents
Novel Ideas Notes toward a New Reading of Hesses | 17 |
Roßhalde 1914 A Portrait of the Artist as a Husband | 57 |
The Aesthetics of Ritual Pollution Magic | 81 |
Klein und Wagner | 117 |
Klingsors letzter Sommer and the Transformation | 139 |
Der Steppenwolf | 171 |
Hermann Hesses Narziss und Goldmund Medieval | 187 |
Beads of Glass Shards of Culture and the Art of Life | 215 |
Ob die Weiber Menschen seyn? Hesse Women | 263 |
Hermann Hesses Politics | 301 |
Hermann Hesse and Psychoanalysis | 323 |
On the Relationship between Hesses Painting | 345 |
Hermann Hesse and Music | 373 |
Hermann Hesses Goethe | 395 |
List of English Translations | 421 |
Hesses Poetry | 241 |
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