Hesse The Wanderer and His Shadow |
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| Author:
| Decker, Gunnar |
| Translator:
| Lewis, Peter |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-91638-8 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2018 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $70.00USD $39.95 |
Book Description:
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Against Nazi dictatorship,the disillusionment of Weimar, and Christian austerity, Hermann Hesse's stories inspired a nonconformist yearning for universal values to supplant fanaticism in all its guises. He reenters our world through Gunnar Decker's biography--a champion of spiritual searching in the face of mass culture and the disenchanted life.
Against Nazi dictatorship,the disillusionment of Weimar, and Christian austerity, Hermann Hesse's stories inspired a nonconformist yearning for universal values to supplant fanaticism in all its guises. He reenters our world through Gunnar Decker's biography--a champion of spiritual searching in the face of mass culture and the disenchanted life.