Hesse : : The Wanderer and His Shadow / / Gunnar Decker.
Against Nazi dictatorship,the disillusionment of Weimar, and Christian austerity, Hermann Hesse’s stories inspired a nonconformist yearning for universal values to supplant fanaticism in all its guises. He reenters our world through Gunnar Decker’s biography—a champion of spiritual searching in the...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2018] ©2018 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction: Doppelgänger In A Straw Hat
- 1. A Child’S Soul: Oppression And Rebellion
- 2. The Self-Proclaimed Writer
- 3. Awakening Of Individuality
- 4. At Home Crossing Borders
- 5. Portrait Of The Successful Artist As A Young Man Wandering Beneath Clouds
- 6. A New Beginning In Switzerland And The First World War
- 7. Escape To Ticino: Making A Fresh Start And Falling To Earth In The South
- 8. The Awakening Of Steppenwolf
- 9. Traveling To The East
- 10. On The Nature Of The Glass Bead Game: The Looming Presence Of The Third Reich
- 11. The Old Man Of The Mountains: Hesse’S Continuing Journey Inward
- Chronology
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index