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  • Hermann Hesse , Swabian Pietism and Barry Stephenson
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© Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion / Corporation Canadienne des Sciences Religieuses and Wilfrid Laurier University Press

© Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion / Corporation Canadienne des Sciences Religieuses and Wilfrid Laurier University Press

Chapters in this book

  1. Front Matter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Preface vii
  4. Acknowledgements ix
  5. Hermann Hesse: The Missionary’s Son xi
  6. Contexts
  7. Pietism 3
  8. The Swabian Mandarins 11
  9. The Maulbronn Affair 23
  10. Romantics and Pietists 39
  11. Setting Out
  12. Hesse’s “Religion of Art” 53
  13. Peter Camenzind 63
  14. Beneath the Wheel 71
  15. Demian 91
  16. War, Church, and State 115
  17. Turning Back
  18. Siddhartha 129
  19. “Breaking the Will” 145
  20. Steppenwolf 161
  21. Narcissus and Goldmund 173
  22. Coming Home
  23. The Journey to the East 181
  24. Joseph Knecht and The Glass Bead Game 193
  25. Conclusion 217
  26. Notes 223
  27. Bibliography 267
  28. Index 277
  29. Series Published by WilfridLaurier University Press for the Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion / Corporation Canadienne des SciencesReligieuses 284
https://doi.org/10.51644/9781554581757-003

Chapters in this book

  1. Front Matter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Preface vii
  4. Acknowledgements ix
  5. Hermann Hesse: The Missionary’s Son xi
  6. Contexts
  7. Pietism 3
  8. The Swabian Mandarins 11
  9. The Maulbronn Affair 23
  10. Romantics and Pietists 39
  11. Setting Out
  12. Hesse’s “Religion of Art” 53
  13. Peter Camenzind 63
  14. Beneath the Wheel 71
  15. Demian 91
  16. War, Church, and State 115
  17. Turning Back
  18. Siddhartha 129
  19. “Breaking the Will” 145
  20. Steppenwolf 161
  21. Narcissus and Goldmund 173
  22. Coming Home
  23. The Journey to the East 181
  24. Joseph Knecht and The Glass Bead Game 193
  25. Conclusion 217
  26. Notes 223
  27. Bibliography 267
  28. Index 277
  29. Series Published by WilfridLaurier University Press for the Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion / Corporation Canadienne des SciencesReligieuses 284
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