Strangers on the Shore and Hermann Hesse’s Journey of Self Discovery, and its Ultimate Expression in Narcissus and Goldmund

Michael White

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Strangers on the Shore and Hermann Hesse’s Journey of Self Discovery, and its Ultimate Expression in Narcissus and Goldmund

Michael White

School of Humanities

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Strangers on the Shore is an exploration of friendship, common ideas and enduring affinity. Two eighteen-year-old mathematics prodigies meet at Magdalene College, Oxford. They part under dramatic circumstances. Ethan leads an intellectually focused existence, while Simon becomes a libertine. They are reunited at the end of Simon's life. Each sustains a deep concern with the meaning of existence and the function of ostensibly inexplicable existential patterns. The exegesis concerns Hermann Hesse's work and life, considering Hesse's work with literary, philosophical and theological concepts. Strangers on the Shore draws inspiration from Hesse's novel Narcissus and Goldmund, making it a modern homage.

Original language	English
Qualification	Doctor of Philosophy
Awarding Institution	The University of Western Australia
Supervisors/Advisors	Walker, Brenda, Supervisor Chinna, Stephen, Supervisor
Thesis sponsors	Australian Government Research Training Program
Award date	7 Jun 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.26182/mq8s-hz87
Publication status	Unpublished - 2019

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