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Hesse, Hermann - hĕrˈmän, 1877–1962, German novelist and poet. A pacifist, he went to Switzerland at the outbreak of World War I and became (1923) a Swiss citizen. The spiritual loneliness of the artist and his estrangement from the modern world are recurring themes in Hesse's works. His novels, increasingly psychoanalytic and symbolic, include Peter Camenzind (1904

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Classic Cult Fiction: A Companion to Popular Cult Literature (Discussion of "Demian" begins on p. 74, discussion of "Siddhartha" begins on p. 207 and discussion of "Steppenwolf" begins on p. 230) » Read Now
by Thomas Reed Whissen. 324 pgs.

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Classic Cult Fiction is a history, analysis, and reference guide to books that have become "bibles" to generations of Europeans and Americans over the past 200 years--books like The Catcher in the Rye. Fearlessly taking on "canon formation," Whissen identifies the top 50 classic cult books, first...
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Classic Cult Fiction is a history, analysis, and reference guide to books that have become "bibles" to generations of Europeans and Americans over the past 200 years--books like The Catcher in the Rye. Fearlessly taking on "canon formation," Whissen identifies the top 50 classic cult books, first presenting an informed and witty interpretation of the phenomenon and its characteristics with examples from different cultures and periods. The individual works are each discussed relative to time and place, impact, and audience psychology and analyzed in terms of common cult attributes. A chronological listing of cult fiction adds a number of titles not chosen for the top 50.
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Poststructuralism, Politics, and Education (Chap. 9 "Cybernetics, Cyberspace, and the University: Hermann Hesse's The Glass Bead Game and the Dream of a Universal Language") » Read Now
by Michael Peters. 216 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, Education, Entire Library

The poststructuralist critique of subject-centered reason is investigated, both historically and theoretically, against the background of the modernity/postmodernity and "information society" debates. Peters criticizes neoliberal constructions of the subject in education that rest heavily on the...
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The poststructuralist critique of subject-centered reason is investigated, both historically and theoretically, against the background of the modernity/postmodernity and "information society" debates. Peters criticizes neoliberal constructions of the subject in education that rest heavily on the assumption of "economic man." He searches for viable contemporary political forms by investigating the role of intellectuals and education in postmodern culture; the neoliberal doctrine of the self-limiting state; and its construction of "market" subjects such as education and the politics of space, ethics after Auschwitz, science and technology, the critical role of mass media, cybernetics and cyberspace, democracy and the politics of difference.
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Dostoevski and the Human Condition after a Century (Chap. 18 "Rebirth and the Cognitive Dream: From Dostoevski to Hermann Hesse and C. G. Jung") » Read Now
by Alexej Ugrinsky, Frank S. Lambasa, Valija K. Ozolins. 242 pgs.

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...Rebirth and the Cognitive Dream: From Dostoevski to Hermann Hesse and C. G. Jung Phyllis Berdt Kenevan 181...same as formulating an idea about him; for neither Hermann nor...
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The Prometheus Syndrome (Chap. 8 "Hermann Hesse: Demian and Steppenwolf: From Inflation to Alienation (1877-1962)") » Read Now
by Bettina L. Knapp. 290 pgs.

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The "Prometheus Syndrome" includes eight essays which focus on a Promethean figure in the fields of science, theology, or literature, or as fictional character.
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The Germanic Mosaic: Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in Society (Chap. 30 "Homosexual Identity (Misin)Formation in Hesse's Demian") » Read Now
by Carol Aisha Blackshire-Belay. 318 pgs.

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This is a comprehensive and up-to-date critical examination of cultural diversity in Germanic-speaking societies. It goes beyond ethnic, religious, and gender stereotypes to show minority groups as active participants in German history rather than as passive victims. This collection of critical and...
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This is a comprehensive and up-to-date critical examination of cultural diversity in Germanic-speaking societies. It goes beyond ethnic, religious, and gender stereotypes to show minority groups as active participants in German history rather than as passive victims. This collection of critical and theoretical essays seeks to interpret the current philosophical, aesthetic, and literary thinking about diversity in literature and language.
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The Radical Appeal of Hermann Hesse's Alternative Community, in Utopian Studies » Read Now
by Lawrence Wilde. 13 pgs.

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...the key themes in the novels of Hermann Hesse (1877-1962), and they do not obviously...1.) The reference here is to Hermann Hesse, If The War Goes On. Other...
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The Significance of the Epiphany in Der Steppenwolf, in International Fiction Review » Read Now
by Kurt J. Fickert. 10 pgs.

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...figurative sense. A contemporary of Hermann Hesse, James Joyce made particular use...There is no direct evidence that Hermann Hesse knew Joyce, although Joyce lived...of...
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Abraxas: Light and Dark Sides of Divinity in Hermann Hesse's Demian, in Symposium » Read Now
by Bettina L. Knapp. 15 pgs.

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...as he emerges in the pages of Hermann Hesse Demian ( 1919 ). The God of...Western religious traditions, Hermann Hesse suffered deeply from feelings...Ibid., p. 151. 4...
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Utopian Machines: Leibniz's "Computer" and Hesse's Glass Bead Game, in Germanic Review » Read Now
by Stanley Antosik. 11 pgs.

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...Glass Bead Game ( 1943 ), Hermann Hesse ( 1877-1962 ) re garded the...1. Das Glasperlenspiel, Hermann Hesse : Gesammelte Schriften , 7 vols., ed. Hermann Hesse, 2nd ed...
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Essays in German and Comparative Literature ("Hermann Hesse: The Exorcism of the Demon" begins on p. 203) » Read Now
by Oskar Seidlin. 256 pgs.

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...1947 182 13. Hermann Hesse: The Exorcism of the Demon 1953...friendship of his host. 74 Hermann Weigand The Modern Ibsen...popularity into the second canto of Hermann und...
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After Innocence: Visions of the Fall in Modern Literature ("Demian by Hermann Hesse" begins on p. 96) » Read Now
by Terry Otten. 236 pgs.

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Memories of the Moderns ("Travelling Companions: Hermann Hesse and Thomas Mann" begins on p. 73) » Read Now
by Harry Levin. 257 pgs.

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This gathering of prose pieces--reviews, essays, lectures, introductions, personal recollections, and epistles, written for the most part during the 1970's--combines criticism with reminiscence and is both an exploration of the idea of modernism within the international frame of comparative literature and a valediction.
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German Men of Letters, Vol. 2 ("Hermann Hesse" begins on p. 249) » Read Now
by Alex Natan. 300 pgs.

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...W. I. Lucas 225 Hermann Hesse -- Eva J. Engel, Ph.D...that, with the exception of Hermann Hesse, he felt no need for any other living human being." When Hermann Hesse died...
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Writers and Philosophers: A Sourcebook of Philosophical Influences on Literature ("Hesse, Hermann" begins on p. 88) » Read Now
by Edmund J. Thomas, Eugene G. Miller. 276 pgs.

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This book provides strong guidance to teachers and students of literature that gives them a greater understanding of the philosophical influences on more than 100 major literary figures. The text describes philosophical influences reflected in their writings as well as references to philosophical...
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This book provides strong guidance to teachers and students of literature that gives them a greater understanding of the philosophical influences on more than 100 major literary figures. The text describes philosophical influences reflected in their writings as well as references to philosophical works that are known to have played a part in their intellectual and aesthetic development.
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