Results for "Hermann Hesse"

Jazz & The Wolf

by Marithe Van der Aa
August 11, 2017

When a literary critic is analysing one of Hermann Hesse's most influential novels, the discussion of jazz music used as a literary device might not immediately jump to his mind. However, throughout Steppenwolf, a story about a troubled academic who believes to be split between man and wolf, jazz proves to be a crucial motif.