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Aug 2, 2023 · In Hesse’s novel, Narcissus embodies the faculty of the “freezing” intellect, which sustains life by inner vision and contemplation, while the itinerant lover Goldmund continues to perform within the endless cycle of life and death. His concern is to go beyond belief, theology, and ethics into the pure and irresponsible realm of amorality.
A central theme in Narcissus and Goldmund is the conflicting dichotomy present in the world and in every man: good and evil, life and death, joy and sorrow, thinker and dreamer, male and female ...
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Apr 8, 2020 · Hermann Hesse's 1930 novel Narziß und Goldmund was published at an interesting point in the history of the Narcissus theme.1 The myth of Narcissus received its canonical literary form in Ovid's Metamorphoses (c. 8 AD),2 which was preceded by a least one millennium of oral tradition, and succeeded by almost two millennia of written tradition before it was turned into the concept of narcissism ...
- Niclas Johansson
- 2020
Ancient Greece portal. Myths portal. v. t. e. In Greek mythology, Narcissus ( / nɑːrˈsɪsəs /; Ancient Greek: Νάρκισσος, romanized : Nárkissos) was a hunter from Thespiae in Boeotia (alternatively Mimas or modern day Karaburun, Izmir) who was known for his beauty which was noticed by all, regardless of gender.
In Greek mythology, Narcissus is the youth who rejected love from others and, as a consequence, contemplates only himself. ... Digan, Kathleen E. Hermann Hesse’s Narcissus and Goldmund: A ...
Narcissus and Goldmund. Hesse's novel of two medieval men, one quietly content with his religion and monastic life, the other in fervent search of more worldly salvation. This conflict between flesh and spirit, between emotional and contemplative man, was a life study for Hesse. It is a theme that transcends all time.
Synopsis. Goldmund is to study in the monastery Mariabronn. His father sent him there. There he meets a religious monk named Narcissus. He has subjected himself to a strict life and lives completely ascetically.
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