| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xix, 558 pages ; 22 cm |
| Note |
Translation of Das Glasperlenspiel. |
| Form |
Also issued online. |
| Summary |
Set in the 23rd century, "The glass bead game" is the story of Joseph Knecht, who has been raised in Castalia, the remote place his society has provided for the intellectual elite to grow and flourish. Since childhood, Knecht has been consumed with mastering the Glass Bead Game, which requires a synthesis of aesthetics and scientific arts, such as mathematics, music, logic, and philosophy, which he achieves in adulthood, becoming a Magister Ludi (Master of the Game). |
| Contents |
The glass bead game: a general introduction to its history for the layman -- The life of Magister Ludi Joseph Knecht -- The call -- Waldzell -- Years of freedom -- Two orders -- The mission -- Magister Ludi -- In office -- The two Poles -- A conversation -- Preparations -- The circular letter -- The legend -- Joseph Knecht's posthumous writings -- The poems of Knecht's student years -- The three lives -- The rainmaker -- The father confessor -- The Indian life. |
| Subject |
Psychological games -- Fiction.
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Enlightenment (Buddhism) -- Fiction.
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Enlightenment (Buddhism) (OCoLC)fst00912530
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Psychological games. (OCoLC)fst01081368
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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Bildungsromans.
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| Added Author |
Winston, Richard, translator.
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Winston, Clara, translator.
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| Added Title |
Glasperlenspiel. English
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Hesse, Hermann, 1877-1962. Glasperlenspiel. English. Glass bead game (Magister Ludi). [1st ed.]. New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston [1969] (OCoLC)583078056 |
| ISBN |
0030818516 |
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9780030818516 |
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003084066X |
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9780030840661 |
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