A Poet or Nothing at All: The Tubingen and Basel Years of Hermann Hesse [Illustrated] [Hardcover]

Richard C. Helt (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1996

The most original, new work on Hesse in many years and the definitive study of the young Herman Hesse, offering much previously unknown material such as his "neo-Romantic" poetry of which two dozen are published here for the first time in the original.

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Review

"... recommended to graduates and faculty" * Choice "It is an extraordinary tale of dedication in the face of the severest parental disapproval, financial hardship and ill-health. Helt tells it well, drawing extensively on primary sources such as letters, diary entries and the like, and demonstrates the extent to which Hesse subsumed all his efforts to conducting his apprenticeship - A readable and informative volume, which usefully augments our knowledge of the rigorous years of a major modern writer." * Journal of European Studies

About the Author

Richard C. Helt, Professor and Head of German, Department of Modern Languages, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ

Product Details

• Hardcover: 272 pages
• Publisher: Berghahn Books; illustrated edition edition (October 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1571810498
• ISBN-13: 978-1571810496
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,514,228 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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