Preface -- Chronology -- Origins and early years -- Romanticism and rebellion -- The Artist novels: Gertrud and Roddhalde -- Demian and symbols of transformation -- Three novellen: Klingsor -- Siddhartha: the way within -- Der Steppenwolf: crisis and recovery -- Narziss and Goldmund: mind, matter -- and art -- Poet and critic -- Die Morgenlandfahrt and das Glasperlenspiel: in the service of Geist and Leben -- Conclusion
Summary
A critical study of the German author's major works
