"Already half of Eastern Europe is on its way to chaos, driving drunkenly along the edge of the abyss in a holy delusion, and singing as it goes, singing drunkenly and hymn-like as Dmitri Karamazov sang."
This edition contains two of Hesse's core works on Dostoevsky, plus a related essay on the Psychology of Saintliness titled The Voices and the Saint (Die Stimmen und der Heilige), published in 1918. This new edition features a fresh, contemporary translation of Hesse's commentary on Dostoevsky, making his philosophical, existentialist literature accessible to modern readers from the original Fraktur manuscripts. Enhanced by an illuminating Afterword focused on Hesse's personal and intellectual relationship with Carl Jung, a concise biography, a glossary of essential philosophical terms integral to his writings (his version of Jungian Psychological concepts) and a detailed chronology of his life and major works, this robust edition introduces the reader to the brilliance of his literature in context. It not only captures the depth and nuance of Hesse's thought but also highlights its enduring impact on the debates of the mid-20th century, contemporary culture and Western Philosophy across the 20th and into the 21st century.