Bibliograph

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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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

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The glass bead game

Oclc number

50669918

Responsibility statement

Hermann Hesse ; translated from the German Das Glasperlenspiel by Richard and Clara Winston ; with a foreword by Theodore Ziolkowski

Sub title

(Magister Ludi)

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)

Target audience

adult

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