Steppenwolf Summary
Hermann Hesse

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Steppenwolf Summary

Hermann Hesse's novel Der Steppenwolf (English translation, Steppenwolf [1929]), was first published in 1927. It is one of the major novels by the renowned German writer and was extremely popular amongst young people in the United States in the 1960s. The counterculture of that decade took inspiration from the fact that the protagonist of the novel, Harry Haller, makes use of sex and hallucinatory drugs as a means of fulfillment and self-discovery. Haller is a...

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Introduction

Author Biography

Plot Summary

Characters

Themes

Style

Historical Context

Critical Overview

Criticism

Critical Essay #1

Adaptations

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Hermann Hesse Biographies (4)

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