Barry Stephenson

Veneration and Revolt

Hermann Hesse and Swabian Pietism

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Produktbeschreibung

First comprehensive study of the impact of German Pietism on the life and literature of Hermann Hesse, one of the twentieth century's most influential writers.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Februar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 156mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 584g
• ISBN-13: 9781554581498
• ISBN-10: 1554581494
• Artikelnr.: 26208195

Autorenporträt

Barry Stephenson teaches in the Department of Religion and Culture at Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, and conducts research in religion, and literature and ritual studies. He is presently completing a book and DVD on Luther-themed festivity and religious tourism in Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Germany.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents for Veneration and Revolt: Hermann Hesse and Swabian
Pietism by Barry Stephenson Momani
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Hermann Hesse: The Missionary's Son
Part I: Contexts
Pietism: A First Glance
The Swabian Mandarins
The Maulbronn Affair
Romantics and Pietists
Part II: Setting Out
Hesse's "Religion of Art"
Peter Camenzind: Rejection of Aestheticism
Beneath the Wheel: The Anti-School Novel
Demian: Chiliastic Vision
War, Church, and State
Part III: Turning Back
Siddhartha: Swabian Mysticism
"Breaking the Will"
Steppenwolf: "The Hell of Myself"
Narcissus and Goldmund: Reconciliation
Part IV: Coming Home
The Journey to the East: Narrating a Life/History
Joseph Knecht and The Glass Bead Game: Spiritual Heritage
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index