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.