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This masterful synthesis of criticism and biography surveys all of Hermann Hesse's major works and many of his minor ones in relation to the intricate psychological design of his entire life history. Eugene Stelzig examines what it means to be an "autobiographical writer" by considering Hesse's fictions of the self as an exemplary instance of the relationship between life and art and between biography and autobiography. In a graceful and inviting style, he frees this major confessional writer from the confines of German culture and the status of "cult figure" of the 1960s, and situates him in the tradition of world literature and in a variety of literary, psychological, philosophical, and religious contexts.Three introductory chapters on autobiography and Hesse set the stage for a chronological study. Then follows a penetrating analysis of the balance between biographical fact and confessional fantasy in Hesse's long career, from the failed autobiography of his first literary success, Beneath the Wheel, through the protracted midlife crisis of the grotesque Steppenwolf period, to the visionary autobiography of his magisterial fictional finale, The Glass Bead Game.Originally published in 1988.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Non-fiction --- Thematology --- Hesse, Hermann --- Authors, German --- Autobiographical fiction, German --- Confession in literature. --- Self in literature. --- Autobiography. --- History and criticism. --- Hesse, Hermann, --- Autobiographies --- Autobiography --- Egodocuments --- Memoirs --- History and criticism --- Technique --- Lauscher, Hermann, --- Sinclair, Emil, --- Gesse, German, --- Khesse, German, --- Ho-sai, Ho-man, --- Ho-man Ho-sai, --- Hese, Herman, --- Heseh, Herman, --- Hes, Herman̲, --- Hessi, Herman̲, --- Гессе, Герман, --- הסה, הרמן --- הסה, הרמן, --- へッセ・へルマン, --- ヘッセハーマン, --- ヘルマンヘッセ, --- 赫塞赫爾曼, --- Hese, Herŭman, --- 헤세, 헤르만, --- Biography as a literary form --- Biography. --- Authors, German - 20th century - Biography --- Autobiographical fiction, German - History and criticism --- Confession in literature --- Self in literature --- Hesse, Hermann, - 1877-1962

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The author, in defining the genre of "lyrical fiction," separates a type of .fiction that can be legitimately viewed as "poetry" from other narrative types. The lyrical novelist uses fictional devices to find an aesthetic expression for experience, achieving an effect most frequently seen in dreams, picaresques, and allegories. Analyzing representative novels by Hermann Hesse, Andre Gide, and Virginia Woolf, Ralph Freedman focuses on the problem of self-consciousness. His findings are directly applicable to much twentieth-century fiction. Originally published in 1963.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Fiction --- History and criticism. --- Woolf, Virginia, --- Gide, Andre, --- Hesse, Hermann, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Woolf, Virginia Stephen, --- Stephen, Virginia, --- Ulf, Virzhinii︠a︡, --- Ṿolf, Ṿirg'inyah, --- Vulf, Virdzhinii︠a︡, --- Вулф, Вирджиния, --- וולף, וירג׳יניה --- וולף, וירג׳יניה, --- Stephen, Adeline Virginia, --- Lauscher, Hermann, --- Sinclair, Emil, --- Gesse, German, --- Khesse, German, --- Ho-sai, Ho-man, --- Ho-man Ho-sai, --- Hese, Herman, --- Heseh, Herman, --- Hes, Herman̲, --- Hessi, Herman̲, --- Гессе, Герман, --- הסה, הרמן --- הסה, הרמן, --- へッセ・へルマン, --- ヘッセハーマン, --- ヘルマンヘッセ, --- 赫塞赫爾曼, --- Hese, Herŭman, --- 헤세, 헤르만, --- Žid, Andre, --- Zhiīd, Andrah, --- Jīd, Āndrah, --- Chi-te, --- Gide, André Paul Guillaume, --- Jiddo, Andore, --- Zhid, A. --- Zhid, Andre, --- L̲īṭu, Āntrē, --- Zint, Antre, --- Jit, Ān̲ṭrē, --- چيد، اندريه --- Comparative literature --- Gide, André --- Hesse, Hermann --- Woolf, Virginia --- Gide, André, --- Gide, André Paul Guillaume --- Zhiīd, Andrah --- Jīd, Āndrah --- Chi-te --- Gide, André Paul Guillaume --- Jiddo, Andore --- Zhid, Andre --- L̲īṭu, Āntrē --- Zint, Antre --- Jit, Ān̲ṭrē --- Hesse, Hermann Karl --- Lauscher, Hermann --- Sinclair, Emil --- Gesse, German --- Khesse, German --- Ho-sai, Ho-man --- Ho-man Ho-sai --- Hese, Herman --- Heseh, Herman --- Hes, Herman̲ --- Hessi, Herman̲ --- Гессе, Герман --- Hese, Herŭman --- LITERARY CRITICISM / General.