5/30/2023 0 Comments Magister ludi the glass bead game![]() ![]() He gave only sketches of how it might be played in practice, but made it clear that it is a game of comparisons and analogies across different subject areas. The game itself is a central theme of Hesse’s novel. For many, the main interest of the novel is the game of the title, not as a symbol or metaphor, but an actual playable game. ![]() ![]() Others place it alongside previous novels of Hesse which document his personal growth, and the ongoing tension between spiritual solitude and social engagement. Some see it as a social statement, a product of its time of writing just before and during the second world war. In 1943, Hermann Hesse published Das Glasperlenspiel (“The Glass Bead Game”). ![]()
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