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Hermann Hesse i jego magiczne mosty
Hermann Hesse and His Magical Bridges

Author(s): Anna Wieczorkiewicz
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: journey; Asia; Eas; topos; Herman Hesse

Summary/Abstract: This article discusses Hermann Hesse’s short trip to Asia in 1911 and its peculiar symbolism. The trip created an area of references which he used in his writing. He transformed the experience of this trip and expectations connected with its both artistically and philosophically, building a special variation of the topos of the way to the East. This topos was widely employed in the times of counterculture, which transformed it in its own way, but it is still vital today.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 05
  • Page Range: 133-156
  • Page Count: 24
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