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Veneration and revolt : Hermann Hesse and Swabian Pietism / Barry Stephenson.
Van Pelt Library PT2617.E85 Z88 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stephenson, Barry.
- Series:
- Editions SR ; 33.
- Editions SR ; 33
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hesse, Hermann, 1877-1962--Religion.
- Hesse, Hermann.
- Hesse, Hermann, 1877-1962--Criticism and interpretation.
- Hesse, Hermann, 1877-1962.
- Pietism--Germany--Swabia.
- Pietism.
- Pietism in literature.
- Authors, German--20th century--Biography.
- Authors, German.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Religion.
- Germany--Swabia.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 282 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, [2009]
- Contents:
- Introduction: Hermann Hesse : the missionary's son
- Pt. I. Contexts. Pietism : a first glance
- The Swabian Mandarins
- The Maulbronn affair
- Romantics and pietists
- Pt. II. Setting out. Hesse's "religion of art"
- Peter Camenzind : rejection of aestheticism
- Beneath the wheel : the anti-school novel
- Demian : Chiliastic vision
- War, church, and state
- Pt. III. Turning back. Siddhartha : Swabian mysticism
- "Breaking the will"
- Steppenwolf : "the hell of myself"
- Narcissus and Goldmund : reconciliation
- Pt. IV. Coming home. The journey to the East : narrating a life/history
- Joseph Knecht and The glass bead game : spiritual heritage.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-276) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781554581498
- 1554581494
- OCLC:
- 289058372
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