Boulby, Mark, Hermann Hesse: His Mind and Art, Cornell University Press, 1967, pp. 159-205.
As of 2006, this was one of the most detailed readings available. Boulby discusses such topics as the significance of music for the novel's structure and theme; he views the novel as an optimistic one in which faith imposes order on chaos.
Mileck, Joseph, Hermann Hesse: Life and Art, University of California Press, 1978, pp. 174-97.
Mileck discusses such topics as the autobiographical elements in Steppenwolf. He doubts that Hesse himself took hallucinogenic drugs, even though Haller in the novel uses them to achieve self-knowledge.
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