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One of the most widely read German authors in the world, Hermann Hesse (1877-1962) won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946. After his death, his novels enjoyed a revival of popularity, becoming a staple of popular religion and spirituality in Europe and North America.
Veneration and Revolt: Hermann Hesse and Swabian Pietism is the first comprehensive study of the impact of German Pietism (the religion of Hesse's family and native Swabia) on Hesse's life and literature. Hesse's literature bears witness to a lifelong conversation with his religious heritage despite that in adolescence he rejected his family's expectation that he become a theologian, cleric, and missionary.
Hesse's Pietist upbringing and broader Swabian heritage contributed to his moral and political views, his pacifism and internationalism, the confessional and autobiographical style of his literature, his romantic mysticism, his suspicion of bourgeois culture, his ecumenical outlook, and, in an era scarred by two world wars, his hopes for the future. Veneration and Revolt offers a unique perspective on the life and works of one of the twentieth century's most influential writers.
Contents
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
