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Hermann Hesse

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Journey to the East Summary

'The Journey to the East" is a mystical novel telling of a strange secret league of artists, philosophers, writers, and others that transcends time and space, and is engaged in a meandering "journey" that seems to have no concrete destination. The narrator of the tale is H.H., a member of the league who starts out on this journey with a group of other members, but eventually departs from the group...

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Hermann Hesse Biographies (4)

Hermann Hesse

1,483 words, approx. 5 pages

The novels of the German author Hermann Hesse (1877-1962) are lyrical and confessional and are primarily concerned with the relationship between the contemplative, God-seeking individual, often an art... Read more

Hermann Hesse

4,903 words, approx. 17 pages

Hermann Hesse, the most widely translated German author of the twentieth century, authored what he liked to call "biographies of the soul." Though many of his best-known works were novels, they were l... Read more

Hermann Hesse

14,272 words, approx. 48 pages

Only a few German writers of the twentieth century have enjoyed worldwide acclaim. Undisputably numbered among these are Thomas Mann, Franz Kafka, Bertolt Brecht, and Hermann Hesse. Hesse's major work... Read more

Hermann Hesse

15,583 words, approx. 52 pages

Biography EssayOnly a few German writers of the twentieth century have enjoyed worldwide acclaim. Undisputably numbered among these are Thomas Mann, Franz Kafka, Bertolt Brecht, and Hermann Hesse. Hes... Read more

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