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The Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse.
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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 Sidney M. Johnson
There is … one aspect of Glasperlenspiel which merits more than the rather cursory treatment it has received and which may contribute to a fuller appreciatio...
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Critical Essay by Mark Boulby
Apart from their astonishing success in America, [Hesse's] works seem to be surviving in Germany despite the adamant hostility of many worthy critics, and his repu...
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In the following essay, Gotz explores the similarities between Das Glasperlenspiel and Plato's ideas, especially the Republic.
Like all Western literature, Das Glasperlenspiel is in a sense &#x...
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In the following essay, Durrani reviews some of the conflicting interpretations of Das Glasperlenspiel and considers Hesse's use of irony in the novel.
The reputation for obscurity which Das Gl...
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In the following essay, Durrani examines the fictional province of Castalia, which functions as the setting of Das Glasperlenspiel.
Even the most vociferous admirers of Hesse's last novel, Das ...
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In the following essay, White and White investigate the function of the three appended biographies at the end of Das Glasperlenspiel.
Proportionately few interpretations of Hesse's Das Glasperl...
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In the following essay, Fickert discusses the central role of the glass bead game to Das Glasperlenspiel.
The fantasy underlying Hermann Hesse's futuristic novel Das Glasperlenspiel is rather l...
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In the following essay, Wilde considers Hesse's portrayal of flawed utopias in his novels.
I am at odds with the political thinkers of all trends, and I shall always, incorrigibly, recognise in...
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In the following essay, Krapp discusses the influence of Hegaelian ideas in most of Hesse's works, specifically in The Glass Bead Game.
It is a commonplace in criticism of Hermann Hesse'...
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