Line #34 Creator/HermannHesse


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3	Hermann Karl Hesse (2 July 1877 – 9 August 1962) was a German UsefulNotes/{{Nobel Prize\|In Literature}} winning author. His works were extremely popular in the 1960s, to the extent of being called the "Hesse Torrent." He received the Nobel Prize in 1946 for ''Literature/TheGlassBeadGame''. His books are often metaphysical in nature and deal with a search for self-knowledge and understanding, especially where faith is concerned.
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5	!!Works include:
6	* ''Peter Camenzind''
7	* ''Beneath the Wheel''
8	* ''Gertrude''
9	* ''Rosshalde''
10	* ''Knulp''
11	* ''Demian''
12	* ''Literature/{{Siddhartha}}''
13	* ''Literature/{{Steppenwolf}}''
14	* ''Narcissus and Goldmund''
15	* ''Journey to the East''
16	* ''Literature/TheGlassBeadGame'', originally published as ''Magister Ludi''.
17	* ''Fairy Tales of Hermann Hesse''
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19	!! Hermann Hesse's books provide examples of:
20	* TheAce: Max Demian, in the titular book, is not only smarter than everyone in his age group but is capable of trouncing the bully who has the protagonist in his thrall. Emil Sinclair thinks that he seems like an adult among children and forms what can only be described as a platonic crush on him.
21	* AllMythsAreTrue: Pilgrims in the ''Journey to the East'' experience history, religion, legend, fantasy and normal reality all blending into one.
22	* AttractiveBentGender: Hermine in ''Steppenwolf''.
23	* AuthorAvatar: You'll find the initials H.H. a lot in Hesse's work.
24	* BettyAndVeronica: In ''Gertrude'', Gertrude is Archie, to Kuhn's Betty and Muoth's Veronica.
25	* TheBlackDeath: In ''Narcissus and Goldmund''
26	* BurnTheWitch
27	* {{Calvinball}}: How exactly the Glass Bead Game goes is never fully explained....
28	* CasanovaWannabe: Emil
29	* TheCharmer: Goldmund, of ''Narcissus and Goldmund''. Max Demian and his mother, in lesser degree, are charmers too.
30	* ChildProdigy: Often a deconstruction, as in ''Beneath the Wheel''.
31	* TheDescendantsOfCain: A central theme in ''Demian''. The title character (whose forehead does have a certain brightness) speculates that the whole story of Cain killing Abel was propaganda from [[TallPoppySyndrome ordinary people who felt threatened by the genuinely gifted]].
32	* TheDrifter: Knulp
33	* EccentricMentor
34	* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: At one point, Hermine from ''Steppenwolf'' seduces a young woman, notably not in her androgynous attire.
35	* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Kamala in ''Siddhartha''.
36	* IfOnlyYouKnew: Sinclair in ''Demian'' feels a moment of pity and resentment that his family doesn't know he's being blackmailed into petty crime by a bully; he thinks the trope name almost word for word when his father scolds him for getting his boots muddy.
37	* IneffectualLoner: Harry in ''Steppenwolf''.
38	* InnocenceLost: The beginning of ''Demian''.
39	* KingIncognito: In ''The Journey to the East'', [[spoiler: the servant Leo turns out to be the President of the League.]]
40	* LadyLooksLikeADude: In ''Demian'', Frau Eva (Demian's mother) is described as having male features alongside feminine cues. She looks quite a bit like her son.
41	* LastNameBasis: Emil Sinclair and Max Demian call each other by surname. Demian's mother, on the other hand, is "Frau Eva" to Sinclair almost from the start, which her son duly notes as the name people call her when they are in love with her.
42	* MentorArchetype
43	* MilestoneBirthdayAngst: The protagonist of ''Steppenwolf'' is 47 and suicidal. Shortly after the beginning of the novel, he gets the idea to commit suicide on the day of his 50th birthday.
44	* TheNotLoveInterest: In ''Demian'', Sinclair develops what can only be described as an awed crush on the title character, and it continues throughout the book. When he meets Frau Eva, who looks like a feminine version of her son, he falls in love immediately.
45	* PhilosophicalParable
46	* StacysMom: Sinclair is immediately smitten with Demian's mother, who is not only aware of this but once rather unsubtly hints that [[MayDecemberRomance he could have her]] if he'd just be bold enough to try.
47	* TheMuse: Gertrude to Kuhn, and Demian has one too.
48	* TheOrder: The League in ''The Journey to the East''.
49	* ThePlague: Very relevant to ''Narcissus and Goldmund''.
50	* RiddleForTheAges: What, exactly, did Max Demian do to Sinclair's bully?
51	* {{Transflormation}}: ''[[http://redbirdweb.de/anyones/piktor.htm Piktors Verwandlungen]]''/''[[http://redbirdweb.de/anyones/piktor.htm Piktor's Metamorphoses]]'' is a fairy tale about a version of Paradise where the animals and plants [[VoluntaryShapeshifting change forms]] all the time. The titular Piktor transforms into a tree and is [[ShapeshifterModeLock stuck in this form]] until [[spoiler: a woman comes and [[RomanticFusion becomes one with him]]. The pair can now shapeshift just like all the other creatures.]]
52	* TroubledChild

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