A hexalogy (from Greek ἑξα- hexa-, "six" and -λογία -logia, "discourse") is a compound literary or narrative work that is made up of six distinct works. The word apparently first appeared in English as a borrowing from German, in discussions of August Bungert's Wagnerian opera cycle entitled Homerische Welt based on the Iliad and the Odyssey.William Foster Apthorp. The opera, past and present: an historical sketch. Scribner, 1901. Page 204.Arthur Elson. Modern Composers of Europe. L.C. Page and Company, 1904. Page 76. (He planned two tetralogies, but the third and fourth operas of the eight were never written.) Both pentalogie and hexalogie were used by Théophile Gautier in 1859.Théophile Gautier. Histoire de l'art dramatique en France depuis vingt-cinq ans, Volume 5. Magnin, Blanchard et compagnie, 1859. Page 220. In 1923 the word was applied by an American reviewer to Johannes V. Jensen's The Long Journey.The Bookman: a review of books and life. Dodd, Mead and Company, 1923. Volume 57, page 209.
Examples Examples of works that have been described as hexalogies are as follows:
Hexalogy Dates Author Medium Der Biberpelz and Der rote HahnEberhard Hilscher. Gerhart Hauptmann: Leben und Werk: mit bisher unpublizierten Materialien aus dem Manuskriptnachlass des Dichters. Athenäum, 1988. Page 166. 1893–1901 Gerhart Hauptmann Two three-act plays The Long Journey 1908–1922 Johannes V. Jensen Novels Aus dem bürgerlichen HeldenlebenThe German theatre: a symposium. Edited by Ronald Hayman. Wolff, 1975. Page 113. 1911–1922 Carl Sternheim Plays The Four Winds of Love, citing biographer Gavin Wallace. 1937–1945 Compton Mackenzie Novels Fortunes of WarLorna Sage, Germaine Greer, Elaine Showalter. The Cambridge guide to women's writing in English. Cambridge University Press, 1999. Page 389. 1960–1980 Olivia Manning Novels Original Dune saga 1965–1985 Frank Herbert NovelsOs Karas1984–2014Pedro BandeiraNovels Luv(Sic) Hexalogy 2001–2015 Nujabes and Shing02 Music Tunnels 2007–2013 Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams Novels Mortal Instruments 2007–2014 Cassandra Clare Novels Min Kamp 2009–2011 Karl Ove Knausgård Novels The School for Good and Evil 2013–2020 Soman Chainani Novels Heartstopper 2016–2018 Alice Oseman Graphic novelsSpellslinger2017–2019Sebastien de CastellNovels
Films Ultraseven 1999 The Final Chapters Hexalogy (1999) Final Destination (2000–2025) Scary Movie (2000–2026) Ice Age (2002–2027) Tinker Bell (2008–2015) Home Alone (1990–2021) Wrong Turn (2003–2014) Sharknado (2013–2018) Herbie (1968–2005) Insidious (2011-2026)
Video games Mega Man for the NES (1987–1994) Mega Man Battle Network (Game Boy Advance) (2002–2007) BIT.TRIP (WiiWare) (2009–2011)
See also List of feature film series with six entries Septemalogy
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