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