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clinate' The¡, reve al that Henna,nn llesse had. come to terrns
in a ne,,r i,.¡Ð-y with xeste r"n tredition and thought; but at the
same time they inoicate rvhich easter.n influ.ences have be en
absorbed so es to for'i:r an inteErar part of his world..
Hesse I s poetry is le ss ex-r,e nsive than his prose but
nonethel-ess 6f rri f nl i m'nnnf,¿¡1g6. l]eCau.Se Of its nature ,
poetr'¡r provlces the id.ea} nedium for an appr.e hension of the
orient. For'insta"nce, the intuitive essence of Zen Bud.d_Lri_sm,
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which is trea.ted only in l-ate1.,orose, is convey€d_ l.¡1th gre¿ter
effect in a nu.mber of poeüs ì:elon¿ing to h1s l-ater. period."
I Illl'¿*]nêþ1\^^îè L{.1 rJrrc r'1j-1rJI.c, his ìllost pe ::sorta.1 e xperience of the :last, his
visit to rndia, ha,s found- its crysta.tization in his poetry.
rt is evioeni that for l-lerrnann l{esse names have their. owrr
qrrml^rnl i a imr'n¡l¿ngg. Theref or"e, a section is inclucied- exar-nining
t.his ¡sr-¡cot, of hicr r.,¡r-'ilin,r'
,rr¿ u¡rfÞô
ïn conclusion an evaruation of the creatlve r,.¡ork of
Ìier"ma.nn Frre sse has been a'r,ternpte d.. It i,,/as in i'iontagnole. tl:at
the poet br'ought together and synthesized in r"eflective essays
the different strains oÍ' thought, in wtrich he had irn¡nersed- him-
self "
Fr.orn the ¿ast Ìre had- Ie arnecl a calm acceptence which
e nabled hiirl to e nd-ure and- cve rcorre the stor,ms of the thirties
and- f ortie s, ye -u remaininJ acute ry nind.f u.l- of them " the
troui:Ied doubts of an earrier -Ðeriod. hrer.c not to be repeated.,
Ïn thus comiug to terrns with i¡le ste r.n life throu,p:h an avrareness
of ihe :iast, Ltcsse ila,y '¡cil Lrave su:Ee steC a prornising and. fr.uii-
ful line for the r,lest and its troubled. concerns and..oreoccupations"