
Steppenwolf
Hermann Hesse (1927)
“A middle-aged intellectual tears himself apart between his civilized mind and his animal despair — then discovers the split was a lie all along.”
EraModernist / Expressionist
Pages237
Difficulty★★★★☆ Advanced
AP Appearances3
Major Themes
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duality
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bourgeois-vs-wild
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art
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madness
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humor
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self-destruction
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transcendence
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