Peter Camenzind
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Peter Camenzind is a 1904 coming-of-age novel by Hermann Hesse that follows a sensitive young man's search for meaning, art, and spiritual fulfillment amid the tensions between nature, society, and individualism.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Peter Camenzind canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Hermann Hesse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| explores |
conflict between artistic life and social obligations
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spiritual crisis ⓘ tension between solitude and community ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
Bildungsroman
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philosophical fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | radio adaptations ⓘ |
| hasAutobiographicalElements | true ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Boppi (character in Peter Camenzind)
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Elizabeth (character in Peter Camenzind) NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard (character in Peter Camenzind) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTranslation | yes ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Friedrich Nietzsche
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Romanticism ⓘ |
| languageOfFirstEdition | German ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | early 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | considered an important early work of Hermann Hesse ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Peter Camenzind (character) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motif |
artistic vocation
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nature as refuge ⓘ travel and wandering ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| notableFor | early expression of themes later developed in Siddhartha and Steppenwolf ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorOeuvre | Hermann Hesse's first major novel ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | writer ⓘ |
| protagonistTrait |
contemplative
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introverted ⓘ sensitive ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1904 ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstEdition | unknown ⓘ |
| setting |
Swiss village of Nimikon (fictional)
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Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
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art and creativity ⓘ friendship ⓘ individualism ⓘ love ⓘ relationship between nature and society ⓘ search for meaning ⓘ spiritual fulfillment ⓘ |
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subject surface form:
Hermann Hesse