What does Hesse mean when he says "artists sometime appeared to be only half-alive, while their creations seemed so irrefutably alive" (pp. 33-34)? How does this relate to Hesse's own creation of the narrator H.H.?
What role does Christianity play in "The Journey to the East"?
The character of Leo appears both as a servant and as the President of the League. While acting as President, he refers to "the servant Leo" in the third person (pp. 101-106) Are the servant Leo and the President Leo the same person? What is Hesse's reason for referring to Leo in two different.....
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