Narcissus and Goldmund

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"Narcissus and Goldmund" is a philosophical novel by Hermann Hesse that contrasts the lives of an ascetic scholar and a sensuous wanderer to explore themes of spirituality, art, and the duality of human nature.

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instanceOf novel
author Hermann Hesse NERFINISHED
characterRole Goldmund is a sensuous wanderer NERFINISHED
Narcissus is an ascetic scholar NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Germany
genre bildungsroman
novel of ideas
philosophical fiction
hasAdaptation Narcissus and Goldmund (1974 film) NERFINISHED
Narziss und Goldmund (2020 film) NERFINISHED
hasSubject artistic creation
itinerant life
monastic life
hasTranslation Chinese
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influencedBy Christian mysticism
medieval monastic tradition
languageOfFirstEdition German
literaryMovement modernism
mainCharacter Goldmund NERFINISHED
Narcissus NERFINISHED
narrativePerspective third-person narration
notableFor exploration of the conflict between intellect and instinct
symbolic and allegorical style
originalLanguage German
originalTitle Narziß und Goldmund NERFINISHED
partOf Hermann Hesse bibliography
publicationYear 1930
publisher S. Fischer Verlag NERFINISHED
setting medieval Germany NERFINISHED
theme Apollonian and Dionysian duality
art
asceticism versus sensuality
duality of human nature
friendship
mortality
search for identity
spirituality
timePeriodOfStory Middle Ages NERFINISHED

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Herman Hesse notableWork Narcissus and Goldmund
subject surface form: Hermann Hesse