A companion to the works of Hermann Hesse / edited by Ingo Cornils.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cornils, Ingo.

Series:

Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture (Unnumbered)

Camden House companion volumes

Studies in German literature, linguistics and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hesse, Hermann, 1877-1962--Criticism and interpretation.

Hesse, Hermann.

Hesse, Hermann, 1877-1962.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

vi, 438 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Rochester, N.Y. : Camden House, 2009.

Contents:

1 Novel Ideas: Notes toward a New Reading of Hesse's Unterm Rad / Jefford Vahlbusch 17

2 Roβhalde (1914): A Portrait of the Artist as a Husband and Father / Osman Durrani 57

3 The Aesthetics of Ritual: Pollution, Magic, and Sentimentality in Hesse's Demian (1919) / Andreas Solbach 81

4 Klein und Wagner / Stefan Hp̲pner 117

5 Klingsors letzter Sommer and the Transformation of Crisis / Ralph Freedman 139

6 Siddhartha / Adrian Hsia 149

7 Der Steppenwolf / Martin Swales 171

8 Hermann Hesse's Narziss und Goldmund: Medieval Imaginaries of (Post-)Modern Realities / Frederick Lubich 187

9 Beads of Glass, Shards of Culture, and the Art of Life: Hesse's Das Glasperlenspiel / Paul Bishop 215

10 Hesse's Poetry / Olaf Berwald 241

11 "Ob die Weiber Menschen seyn?" Hesse, Women, and Homoeroticism / Kamakshi P. Murti 263

12 Hermann Hesse's Politics / Marco Schickling 301

13 Hermann Hesse and Psychoanalysis / Volker Michels 323

14 On the Relationship between Hesse's Painting and Writing: Wanderung, Klingsors letzter Sommer, Gedichte des Malers and Piktors Verwandlungen / Godela Weiss-Sussex 345

15 Hermann Hesse and Music / C. Immo Schneider 373

16 Hermann Hesse's Goethe / Hans-Joachim Hahn 395.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781571133304

1571133305

OCLC:

259254670