The Glass Bead Game
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The Glass Bead Game is a philosophical novel by Hermann Hesse that explores an intellectual elite devoted to a complex, abstract game synthesizing all fields of human knowledge.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| alternateEnglishTitle | Magister Ludi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Hermann Hesse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded | Nobel Prize in Literature context NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
education and mentorship
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role of intellectuals in society ⓘ spirituality and culture ⓘ synthesis of human knowledge ⓘ tension between contemplation and action ⓘ |
| contributedTo | Hermann Hesse receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1946 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
intellectual elitism
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limits of abstraction ⓘ relationship between art and science ⓘ responsibility of the intellectual ⓘ |
| featuresFictionalGame | Glass Bead Game NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| gameFunction | synthesizes music, mathematics, and cultural knowledge ⓘ |
| genre |
bildungsroman
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philosophical fiction ⓘ utopian fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Father Jacobus
NERFINISHED
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Plinio Designori NERFINISHED ⓘ The Music Master NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
conceptual art and game design discussions
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philosophical discourse on knowledge synthesis ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Josef Knecht NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed description of an abstract symbolic game
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integration of biography, fiction, and pseudo-historical commentary ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Das Glasperlenspiel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalInfluence |
Eastern philosophy
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Western humanism ⓘ monastic traditions ⓘ |
| protagonistRole | Magister Ludi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1943 ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstEdition | Fretz & Wasmuth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | province of Castalia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingType | futuristic intellectual community ⓘ |
| structure |
collection of poems attributed to Josef Knecht
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framing biography of Josef Knecht ⓘ three fictional lives of Josef Knecht ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | far future ⓘ |
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Hermann Hesse