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Hesse, Hermann

  1. In Andrews, Wayne. Siegfried's Curse. New York, Atheneum, 1972. pp 274-291, 312-317, plus see index.
    Criticism - Works -- Demian -- Hermann Lauscher -- Magister Ludi (The Glass Bead Game) -- Peter Camenzind -- Rosshalde -- Steppenwolf

  2. In Bithell, Jethro. Modern German Literature, 1880-1950. London : Methuen, 1959. pp. 281-288.
    Criticism -- Works -- Novels -- Poetry

  3. In Boa, Elizabeth. Critical Strategies: German Fiction in the Twentieth Century. Montreal, McGill-Queen's University, 1972. pp. 28-34, 135-137.
    Criticism -- Works -- Das Glasperlenspiel (The Glass Bead Game)

  4. Deneua, Daniel P. "Stories of Five Decades." In Studies in Short Fiction, Vol. 10, No. 4, Fall 1973, pp. 425-427.
    Criticism -- Stories of Five Decades

  5. Engel, Monroe. "Magister Ludi." In Nation, Vol. 169, Dec. 24, 1949, pg. 626.
    Criticism -- Magister Ludi (The Glass Bead Game)

  6. Freedman, Ralph. "Hermann Hesse." In Contemporary Literature, Vo. 10, No. 3, 1969, pp. 421-426.
    Criticism -- Works

  7. Freedman, Ralph. "Romantic Imagination: Hermann Hesse as a Modern Novelist." In PMLA, Vol. 73, June 1958, pp. 275-284.
    Criticism -- The Glass Bead Game (Magister Ludi) -- Steppenwolf

  8. Friedenberg. "Hermann Hesse's Ironic Revival." In Harper's, July 1972, pp. 88-93.
    Criticism -- Autobiographical Writings -- Narcissus and Goldmund -- Siddhartha

  9. In Gide, Andre. Autumn Leaves. New York, Philosophical Library, 1950. pp. 227-234.
    Criticism -- Works

  10. In Gilman, Sander. Inscribing the Other. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c1991. pp. 233-234.
    Criticism -- The Glass Bead Game

  11. In Glicksberg, Charles I. The Self in Literature. Pennsylvania State University Press, 1963. pp. 66-70.
    Criticism -- Steppenwolf

  12. Gropper, Esther C. "Literature for the Restive: Hermann Hesse's Books." In English Journal, December 1970, pp. 1221-1228.
    Criticism -- Works -- Beneath the Wheel -- Demian -- Narcissus and Goldmund -- Siddhartha

  13. Gropper, Esther C. "The Disenchanted Turn to Hesse." In English Journal, Vol. LIX, October 1972, p. 979-984.
    Criticism -- Demian -- Siddhartha -- Steppenwolf

  14. In Harrison, Gilbert A. Critic as Artist. New York, Liveright, 1972. pp. 222-227.
    Criticism -- Narcissus and Goldmund

  15. In Hatfield, Henry. Crisis and Continuity in Modern German Fiction. Ithaca, Cornell University Press, 1969. pp. 63-77.
    Criticism -- Steppenwolf

  16. Hill, Claude. "The Journey to the East." In Saturday Review, Volume CL, June 1, 1957, pp. 12-13.
    Criticism -- Journey to the East

  17. "Long, Hot Summer." In Times Literary Supplement, No. 3631, October 1, 1971, pg. 1166.
    Criticism -- "A Child's Heart" -- "Klein and Wagner" -- Klingsor's Last Summer

  18. In Mayer, Hans. Steppenwolf and Everyman. New York, Crowell, 1971. pp. 1-13.
    Criticism -- Steppenwolf

  19. In Moore, Harry T. Twentieth-Century German Literature. New York, Basic Books, 1967. pp. 69-72.
    Criticism -- Works -- Demian -- The Game of Beads (The Glass Bead Game -- Steppenwolf

  20. In Otten, Terry After Innocence: Visions of the Fall in Modern Literature. Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, c1982. pp. 96-112.
    Criticism -- Demian

  21. Pasinetti, P.M. "Novels from Three Languages." In Sewanee Review, Volume LVI, 1948, pp. 171-174.
    Criticism -- Steppenwolf

  22. Pawel, Ernst. "Committed to Adolescence as a Permanent State of Being." In The New York Times Book Review, February 11, 1973, pg. 7.
    Criticism -- Stories of Five Decades

  23. Plant, Ricard. "Magister Ludi." In The New York Times Book Review, Oct. 30, 1949, pg. 50.
    Criticism -- Magister Ludi (The Glass Bead Game)

  24. Ranly, Ernest W. "Journey to the East." In Commonweal, Volume 97, 1973, pp. 465-466.
    Criticism -- Journey to the East

  25. In Robertson, Edna, ed. A History of German Literature. Edinburgh, Eng., Blackwood, 1966. pp. 568-570.
    Criticism -- Works

  26. In Rose, Ernst. A History of German Literature. N.Y., N.Y. Univ. Press, 1960. pp. 322-325.
    Criticism -- Works -- Demian -- Das Gaspelenspiel (The Glass Bead Game) -- Die Morgenlandfahrt (Journey to the East) -- Steppenwolf

  27. Schwarz, Egon. "Hermann Hesse, the American Youth Movement, and Problems of Literary Evaluation." In PMLA, Vol. 85, No. 4, October 1970, pp. 977-987.
    Criticism -- Works

  28. In Seidlin, Oskar. Essays in German and Comparative Literature. Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press, 1961. pp. 203-227.
    Criticism -- Works -- "A Child's Soul" -- Death and the Lover (Narcissus and Goldmund) -- Demian -- "Diary from a Health Resort" -- "Klein and Wagner" -- "Klingsor's Las Summer" -- Magister Ludi (The Glass Bead Game) -- Peter Camenzind -- Siddhartha -- Steppenwolf -- Under The Wheel (Beneath the Wheel)

  29. In Seidlin, Oskar. New Directions in Prose and Poetry, Volume 14. pp. 109-131.
    Criticism -- Works -- Steppenwolf

  30. Sklar, Robert. "Tolkien and Hesse: Top of the Pops." In Nation, Vol. 204, May 1967, pp. 598-601.
    Criticism -- Lord of the Rings -- Hesse, Hermann

  31. "Strange News from Another Star." In Antioch Review, Vol. 32, No. 3, 1973, pp. 498-499.
    Criticism -- Strange News from Another Star

  32. In Taylor, Ronald. Literature and Society in Germany, 1918-1945. Brighton, Sussex : Harvester Press ; Totowa, N.J: Barnes & Noble, 1980. Pp. 155-159, 332-335.
    Criticism -- Works - Demian - Das Glasperlenspiel (The Glass Bead Game) -- Siddhartha -- Steppenwolf

  33. Tusken, Lewis W. "Thematic Unity in Herman Hesse's Narziss und Goldmund: The Tree Symbol as Interpretative Key." In Modern Fiction Studies, Vol. 29, No. 2, Summer 1983, pp. 245-251.
    Criticism -- Narcissus and Goldmund

  34. In Van Abbe, Derek. Image of a People. New York, Barnes & Noble, 1964. pp. 173-175, 199-202, plus see index.
    Criticism -- Works

  35. In Vonnegut, Kurt. Wampeters, Foma & Granfallons . New York, Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, 1974. pp. 107-116.
    Criticism -- Works -- Steppenwolf

  36. In Waidson, H. M. The Modern German Novel. London, Published for University of Hull by Oxford University Press, 1959. pp. 44-47.
    Criticism -- Works -- Das Glasperlenspiel (The Glass Bead Game)

  37. In Wilson, Colin. The Outsider. London, V. Gollancz, 1956. pp. 51-68.
    Criticism -- Works -- Demian -- The Glass Bead Game -- Narcissus and Goldmund -- Siddhartha -- Steppenwolf

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