Summary
Hermann Hesse: Knulp
The novel is about Knulp, an aging cultural wanderer, who headed to his hometown to die there. The action is divided into three parts. Hesse wanted Knulp to correspond to Rousseau's idea of an anti-decadent, natural man. Hesse also connects the character with memories from his childhood spent in Calw.
Critics have drawn a parallel between the ideas in the novel and Nietzsche's philosophy.
The middle part of the novel was written by Hesse in 1907, when he lived in Gaienhofen, while the first and third parts were written in 1913, respectively 1914, after moving to Bern.
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