First comprehensive study of the impact of German Pietism on the life and literature of Hermann Hesse, one of the twentieth century's most influential writers.

Barry Stephenson teaches in the Department of Religion and Culture at Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, and conducts research in religion, and literature and ritual studies. He is presently completing a book and DVD on Luther-themed festivity and religious tourism in Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Germany.

Table of Contents for Veneration and Revolt: Hermann Hesse and Swabian Pietism by Barry Stephenson Momani

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Hermann Hesse: The Missionary's Son

Part I: Contexts

Pietism: A First Glance

The Swabian Mandarins

The Maulbronn Affair

Romantics and Pietists

Part II: Setting Out

Hesse's "Religion of Art"

Peter Camenzind: Rejection of Aestheticism

Beneath the Wheel: The Anti-School Novel

Demian: Chiliastic Vision

War, Church, and State

Part III: Turning Back

Siddhartha: Swabian Mysticism

"Breaking the Will"

Steppenwolf: "The Hell of Myself"

Narcissus and Goldmund: Reconciliation

Part IV: Coming Home

The Journey to the East: Narrating a Life/History

Joseph Knecht and The Glass Bead Game: Spiritual Heritage

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index