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  1. Steppenwolf (originally Der Steppenwolf) is the tenth novel by German-Swiss author Hermann Hesse . Originally published in Germany in 1927, it was first translated into English in 1929. The novel was named after the German name for the steppe wolf. The story in large part reflects a profound crisis in Hesse's spiritual world during the 1920s.

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  2. Signature. Hermann Karl Hesse ( German: [ˈhɛʁman ˈhɛsə] ⓘ; 2 July 1877 – 9 August 1962) was a German-Swiss poet, novelist, and painter. His best-known works include Demian, Steppenwolf, Siddhartha, and The Glass Bead Game, each of which explores an individual's search for authenticity, self-knowledge, and spirituality.

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    • Cimitero di S. Abbondio, Gentilino, Ticino
    • Fiction
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  4. Steppenwolf is a poetical self-portrait of a man who felt himself to be half-human and half-wolf. This Faust-like and magical story is evidence of Hesse's searching philosophy and extraordinary sense of humanity as he tells of the humanization of a middle-aged misanthrope.

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  5. Steppenwolf, published in 1927 by German-Swiss author Hermann Hesse, is a novel that explores the dual nature of humanity through the story of its protagonist, Harry Haller. Haller, a middle-aged intellectual, struggles with his own self-destructive tendencies and feelings of alienation from society.

  6. Steppenwolf, novel by Hermann Hesse, published as Der Steppenwolf in 1927. The title refers to a style adopted by Harry Haller, Hesses protagonist. Haller is a writer, a loner and an outsider who thinks of himself as a wolf of the steppes. Distrusting Western values and despising middle-class.

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  7. Feb 24, 2013 · Steppenwolf is a book about – but ultimately against – suicide. For all its savagely articulate descriptions of torment and isolation, it is most eloquent about something less glamorous but ...

  8. Drawing upon the Eastern ideas of reincarnation and transmigration of the soul into infinite bodies, and upon the psychoanalytic theories of Carl Jung, Hesse articulates a highly personal hypothesis of the multifaceted nature of the soul. The Existence of a World Beyond Time.

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