Search results
Steppenwolf is a powerful figure associated with the wolf in Norse mythology. According to Norse mythology, Steppenwolf is the son of the god Loki and the giantess Angrboda. Steppenwolf is depicted as a powerful and fierce warrior with the strength and ferocity of a wolf. Steppenwolf is often associated with the Norse god Odin, who is also ...
Steppenwolf ( German for "Steppe wolf") is a supervillain appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer-artist Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in New Gods #7 (February 1972). [1] A New God and military general from the planet Apokolips, Steppenwolf is the brother of Heggra and therefore the maternal uncle of Darkseid.
Steppenwolf, novel by Hermann Hesse, published as Der Steppenwolf in 1927. The title refers to a style adopted by Harry Haller, Hesse’s 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
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
People also ask
What does Steppenwolf mean in Norse mythology?
Who is Steppenwolf in New Gods?
Who is the author of Der Steppenwolf?
Why is a Steppenwolf called a wolf?
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.
- 237
- Hermann Hesse
- 1927
- S. Fischer Verlag (Ger)
About Steppenwolf. Hermann Hesse's novel Steppenwolf addresses division within the self and society, and the effects such divisions can have on an individual, such as loneliness, self-mutilation, and possible suicide. The novel is constructed from a manuscript that the principal character, Harry Haller, or Steppenwolf, leaves behind at a ...
The professor is a former acquaintance of Haller. They used to spend time together discussing oriental religion and mythology, which is the professor's specialty. When they meet again by chance in the street, the professor asks Haller to dinner. Haller's assessment of the professor is that his interests and knowledge are too narrow.
Steppenwolf recounts Harry’s pain and anxiety as he tries to overcome his crippling sense of dislocation and despair at the futility of humanity. Harry is repulsed by the productive, organized, and diligent optimism of the bourgeoisie, or middle class. Even so, he is bewitched by its charms. Caught between the urges of his wolf-half and his ...
