Hexalogy


A hexalogy 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. Both pentalogie and hexalogie were used by Théophile Gautier in 1859. In 1923 the word was applied by an American reviewer to Johannes V. Jensen's The Long Journey.

Examples

Examples of works that have been described as hexalogies are as follows:
HexalogyDatesAuthorMedium
Der Biberpelz and Der rote Hahn1893–1901Gerhart HauptmannTwo three-act plays
The Long Journey1908–1922Johannes V. JensenNovels
Aus dem bürgerlichen Heldenleben1911–1922Carl SternheimPlays
The Four Winds of Love1937–1945Compton MackenzieNovels
Fortunes of War1960–1980Olivia ManningNovels
Original Dune saga1965–1985Frank HerbertNovels
Os Karas1984–2014Pedro BandeiraNovels
Luv(Sic) Hexalogy2001–2015Nujabes and Shing02Music
Tunnels2007–2013Roderick Gordon and Brian WilliamsNovels
Mortal Instruments2007–2014Cassandra ClareNovels
Min Kamp2009–2011Karl Ove KnausgårdNovels
The School for Good and Evil2013–2020Soman ChainaniNovels
Heartstopper2016–2018Alice OsemanGraphic novels
Spellslinger2017–2019Sebastien de CastellNovels

Films

Ultraseven 1999 The Final Chapters Hexalogy Final Destination

Video games