Gertrud (novel)

Gertrud (novel)

Infobox Book |
name = Gertrude
title_orig = Gertrud
translator = Hilda Rosner


image_caption =
author = Hermann Hesse
country = Germany
language = German
genre = Philosophical novel
publisher = Albert Langen
release_date = 1910
english_release_date = 1955
media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
isbn = NA
oclc = 1845263

"Gertrud" is a novel by written by Hermann Hesse, first published in 1910.

Plot summary

Styled as the memoir of a famous composer named Kuhn, "Gertrud" tells of his childhood and young adult years before it comes to the heart of the story; his relationships to two troubled artists, the titular Gertrud Imthor, and the opera singer Heinrich Muoth. Kuhn is drawn to Gertrud upon their first encounter, but she falls in love with and married Muoth, whom the composer befriended as well some years before. The two are hopelessly ill-matched, and their destructive relationship provides the basis for Kuhn's magnum opus

Analysis

Like many of Hesse's novels, there is a strong influence derived from Nietzsche, specifically his work "The Birth of Tragedy". Muoth represents the passionate Dionysian elements of art, while Gertrud represents the more refined Apollonian elements. The fact that Kuhn's opera is the result of their relationship suggests the combining of the two elements to form a work of high art.


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