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The Glass Bead Game (German: Das Glasperlenspiel, pronounced [das ˈɡlaːspɛʁlənˌʃpiːl] ⓘ) is the last full-length novel by the German author Hermann Hesse. It was begun in 1931 in Switzerland, where it was published in 1943 after being rejected for publication in Germany due to Hesse's anti- Fascist views. [1]
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The Glass Bead Game, final novel by Hermann Hesse, published in two volumes in 1943 in German as Das Glasperlenspiel and sometimes translated as Magister Ludi. The book is an intricate bildungsroman about humanity’s eternal quest for enlightenment and for synthesis of the intellectual and the active life. Set in the 23rd century, the novel ...
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Oct 12, 2022 · By NASRULLAH MAMBROL on October 12, 2022. The last novel by the Swiss German author Hermann Hesse (1877–1962), The Glass Bead Game is a serene bildungsroman conceived in the form of a “eutopia” (positive, happy utopia) set in the year 2200, somewhere in the German-speaking areas of Europe.
The Glass Bead Game is an intellectual game played encompassing all major areas of learning, though its origins lay in music theory. The Castalian Order is a monastic like society whose one goal is to learn.
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The game becomes the essence of intellect and art, symbolizing the mystic union of literature, music, art, and mathematics. An orphan named Joseph Knecht possesses a tremendous musical...
It is a biographical parody set several centuries in the future, purporting to be the life story of protagonist Joseph Knecht, and his attempts to master the “glass bead game” and attain the Magister Ludi title.
Jul 1, 2022 · The plot and structure of The Glass Bead Game is heady, to say the least. It takes place about 300 years in the future where there is a region, Castalia, that is removed from the rest of society. Its residents engage in a life of the mind: basically, they study, teach, and play the Glass Bead Game.
