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 Egon Schwarz
What do the American dissidents see in Hesse? (p. 981)
Hesse's works, from the earliest to the latest, are written for and about young people…. Problem...
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Critical Essay by Peter D. Hertz
[When] I say that Steppenwolf functions as a "bible" I mean that it seems to serve as THE book for certain people, as the one book that says it all, tha...
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Critical Essay by Vicki Arnolt
Existential philosophers argue that man's existence precedes his essence. Unknowingly, the infant is "thrown into existence" at birth; he is awaken...
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Critical Essay by Seymour L. Flaxman
Hermann Hesse's Steppenwolf is a novel of ideas and a novel of character…. It is the delineation of character, after all, that gives a novel the pow...
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Tracy Letts' soul never strays too far from the Midwest. Born and raised in southern Oklahoma, the playwright made it to New York by way of Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company.And he's set his as...
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The best productions, on or off-Broadway, in 2007:_ "August: Osage County." Tracy Letts' Broadway debut is a big, juicy melodrama filled with family fights and funny business, not to mention the be...
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Striking Broadway stagehands and theater producers will begin talking again — this weekend.Local 1 and the League of American Theatres and Producers jointly announced Wednesday they will resu...
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Family battles don't get more bruising that the verbal fisticuffs on display in "August: Osage County," Tracy Letts' riveting dissection of one Oklahoma clan's bleak, brutal descent into disintegra...
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Striking stagehands and Broadway producers are going back to the bargaining table, less than a week before the start of the lucrative Thanksgiving holiday weekend when most plays and musicals exper...
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Broadway stagehands and theater producers reached a tentative agreement Wednesday night to end a strike and almost immediately return to the stage most of the two dozen plays and musicals that have...
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More drama happened off stage than on in 2007 as stagehands shut down most Broadway theaters for 19 days this fall. No "Jersey Boys." No "Wicked." No "Lion King." No "Phantom of the Opera."The stri...
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Today is Thursday, April 12, the 102nd day of 2007. There are 263 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On April 12, 1861, the American Civil War began as Confederate forces fired on F...
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It was a second day of dark Broadway theaters and disappointed audiences as striking stagehands reaffirmed their commitment Sunday to remain off the job until producers started acting "honorably" a...
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Broadway is back. Crowds lined up for tickets and actors and crews converged on once-darkened theaters as dozens of shows came alive again."I'm thrilled! — for everyone," said Liz Enright, wa...
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Hermann Hesse
Hermann Hesse
Hermann Hesse
Critical Essay by Egon Schwarz
'August: Osage County' ignites Broadway
