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The Resource The glass bead game : (Magister Ludi), Hermann Hesse ; translated from the German Das Glasperlenspiel by Richard and Clara Winston ; with a foreword by Theodore Ziolkowski

The glass bead game : (Magister Ludi), Hermann Hesse ; translated from the German Das Glasperlenspiel by Richard and Clara Winston ; with a foreword by Theodore Ziolkowski

Label
The glass bead game : (Magister Ludi)
Title
The glass bead game
Title remainder
(Magister Ludi)
Statement of responsibility
Hermann Hesse ; translated from the German Das Glasperlenspiel by Richard and Clara Winston ; with a foreword by Theodore Ziolkowski
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Language
  • eng
  • ger
  • eng
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)
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DLC
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1877-1962
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Hesse, Hermann
Dewey number
833/.912
Index
no index present
LC call number
PT2617.E85
LC item number
G513 2002
Literary form
fiction
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  • Winston, Richard
  • Winston, Clara
  • Ziolkowski, Theodore
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  • Scholars
  • Games
Target audience
adult
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Label
The glass bead game : (Magister Ludi), Hermann Hesse ; translated from the German Das Glasperlenspiel by Richard and Clara Winston ; with a foreword by Theodore Ziolkowski
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Publication
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
Content category
text
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  • txt
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rdacontent
Dimensions
21 cm
Edition
First Picador USA edition.
Extent
xix, 558 pages
Isbn
9780312278496
Lccn
2002035542
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • 50669918
  • (OCoLC)50669918
Label
The glass bead game : (Magister Ludi), Hermann Hesse ; translated from the German Das Glasperlenspiel by Richard and Clara Winston ; with a foreword by Theodore Ziolkowski
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
21 cm
Edition
First Picador USA edition.
Extent
xix, 558 pages
Isbn
9780312278496
Lccn
2002035542
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • 50669918
  • (OCoLC)50669918

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