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Works of Hermann Hesse: 'Klingsor's Last Summer': A Critique

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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Hesse, Hermann

Hesse, Hermann
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
"Klingsor's Last Summer": A Critique

Composition, Publication, And Translation

As was the case with Knulp, Klingsor's Last Summer contains three
stories - "A Child's Heart" and "Klein and Wagner", in addition to the title
story - which were originally published independently in periodicals. But
unlike the stories of Knulp, those of Klingsor's Last Summer were written and
first published during the same year, 1919, even though they appeared in three
different periodicals. The entire collection was published as a book in 1920.
The stories first appeared in ...

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