Demian
Sign in to saveDemian: The Story of a Boyhood is a bildungsroman by Hermann Hesse, published in 1919. Demian was first published under the pseudonym "Emil Sinclair," the name of the narrator of the story, but Hesse was later revealed to be the author. The tenth edition was the first to bear Hesse's name, and the title was changed to Demian: The Story of Emil Sinclair’s Youth.
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- Author
- Hermann Hesse
- First published
- 1919
- Editions
- 176
- Subjects
- Teenage boys, Translations into English, Bildungsromans, Fiction, German fiction, Germany, Bildungsroman, Social conditions
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Key facts
- Book.name
- Demian
- Book.title_orig
- Demian: Die Geschichte Einer Jugend
- Book.translator
- N. H. Priday
- Book.image
- Image:Demian Erstausgabe.jpg
- Book.caption
- First edition (German)
- Book.author
- Hermann Hesse
- Book.country
- Germany
- Book.language
- German
- Book.publisher
- Fischer Verlag
- Book.release_date
- 1919
- Book.english_release_date
- 1923
- Book.media_type
- Print (hardback & paperback)
- Book.pages
- 390 pp (1962 English edition, paperback)
Article
15 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Chapters
- Characters
- Jungian influence
- Themes
- Embracing duality
- Spiritual enlightenment
- Women in ''Demian''
- Symbols
- The God Abraxas
- Adaptations
- Commentary
- English translations
- References
- External links
Demian: The Story of a Boyhood is a bildungsroman by Hermann Hesse, published in 1919. Demian was first published under the pseudonym "Emil Sinclair," the name of the narrator of the story, but Hesse was later revealed to be the author. The tenth edition was the first to bear Hesse's name, and the title was changed to Demian: The Story of Emil Sinclair’s Youth.
== Plot == Emil Sinclair is a young boy raised in a middle-class home, amidst what is described as a Scheinwelt, a composite word meaning "world of illusion," so his entire existence can be summarized as a struggle between two worlds: the show world of illusion (related to the Hindu concept of maya) and the real world, the world of spiritual truth (see Plato's cave and dualism).