盖特露德 (1910)

《盖特露德》（德语：Gertrud），是德国文学家赫尔曼·黑塞撰写的一部小说，于1910年首次出版。

作为著名作曲家库恩（Kuhn）的回忆录，《盖特露德》讲述了他的童年和青年时期，然后才进入故事的核心。他与两位陷入困境的艺术家，同名的格特鲁德·伊姆托（Gertrud Imthor）和歌剧歌手海因里希·穆斯（Heinrich Muoth）的关系。库恩在他们第一次见面时就被格特鲁德所吸引，但她爱上了穆斯并与之结婚，两人相处得并不融洽，他们糟糕的关系成了库恩作品的灵感来源。

Gertrud is a novel written by Hermann Hesse, first published in book form in October 1910 by Albert Langen. It had been previously published from September to November 1909 in the magazine Velhagen & Klasings Monatshefte. Peter Owen Publishers, London, published the book in English.

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 eponymous Gertrud Imthor, and the opera singer Heinrich Muoth. Kuhn is drawn to Gertrud upon their first encounter, but she falls in love with and marries 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.