Hermann Hesses italienisches Mittelmeer

Hermann Hesse's travelogues and small writings (including poems, essays and newspaper articles) on the Mediterranean coasts of Italy, especially on the lagoon areas around Venice, are highly relevant for intercultural research, as they are not infiltrated by Hesse's mystical longing for transcendental unity.On the contrary, they concentrate on the cultural and individual limitations of the self, admitting ignorance, epistemic thresholds and affirming the deep experience of amazement.This applies especially to the labyrinthic territory between land and see, namely to the coast regions of Italy and its lagoons, where Hesse looses his prerogatives of interpretation, whereby his writings gain intercultural and poetic potential.