Biography EssayOnly a few German writers of the twentieth century have enjoyed worldwide acclaim. Undisputably numbered among these are Thomas Mann, Franz Kafka, Bertolt Brecht, and Hermann Hesse. Hes...
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The novels of the German author Hermann Hesse (1877-1962) are lyrical and confessional and are primarily concerned with the relationship between the contemplative, God-seeking individual, often an art...
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Hermann Hesse, the most widely translated German author of the twentieth century, authored what he liked to call "biographies of the soul." Though many of his best-known works were novels, they were l...
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Only a few German writers of the twentieth century have enjoyed worldwide acclaim. Undisputably numbered among these are Thomas Mann, Franz Kafka, Bertolt Brecht, and Hermann Hesse. Hesse's major work...
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Critical Essay by Rudolf Koester
Youth is one of Hesse's major literary themes. (p. 181)
[In his work, there] is one recurring theme, essentially a reiteration of that of Demian, the tortur...
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Critical Essay by Joseph Mileck
A review of Hesse's prose and poetry reveals three distinct periods. Each represents a different stage in the course of the author's struggle with himsel...
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Congress is hoping that an ethanol industry with an endless appetite for corn will have a sweet tooth too.Under the farm bill the House passed last month, the federal government would buy surplus s...
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