Hesse : The Wanderer and His Shadow / Gunnar Decker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Decker, Gunnar, author.

Standardized Title:

Hermann Hesse. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hesse, Hermann, 1877-1962.

Hesse, Hermann.

Authors, German--20th century--Biography.

Authors, German.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (801 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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 face of mass culture and the disenchanted life.

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

Notes:

"First published as Hermann Hesse: Der Wanderer und sein Schatten, copyright (c) 2012 Carl Hanser Verlag Munchen."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 19. Feb 2019)

ISBN:

9780674916395

0674916395

9780674916388

0674916387

OCLC:

1076271049