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The Glass Bead Game: A Prehistory
Adrian Hsia, in: Hesse Companion (1977)
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Traces the imaginative materials Hesse drew on: I Ching, mediaeval mathematics, J.S. Bach, the Devachan correspondence. A useful map of the novel's intertexts.
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The Academy · May 27, 2026
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