Ziolkowski, Theodore

The novels of Hermann Hesse : a study in theme and structure / by Theodore Ziolkowski. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1965. - xii, 375 p. ; 21 cm.

First paperback printing 1967.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Part I. The themes. Years of crisis ; Totality : magical thinking ; Timelessness : the Chiliastic vision ; The triadic rhythm of humanization ; Perspectives of reality : humor ; The crisis of language -- Part II. The structures. The gospel of Demian ; Siddhartha : the landscape of the soul ; The Steppenwolf : a sonata in prose ; Narziss and Goldmund : a medieval allegory ; The symbolic autobiography of Journey to the East ; The glass bead game : beyond Castalia -- Part. III. Epilogue. Between Romanticism and Existentialism.

0691012725 (pbk.) 0691060843 (hbk.)


Hesse, Hermann, 1877-1962 --Criticism and interpretation.