Birth of Tragedy and the Case of Wagner

Name: Birth of Tragedy and the Case of Wagner
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ISBN: 9780394703695

ISBN-10: 0394703693

ISBN-13: 9780394703695

Edition: 1967

Authors: Friedrich Nietzsche

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The Birth of Tragedy (1872) was Nietzsche's first book. Its youthful faults were exposed by Nietzsche in the brilliant "Attempt at a Self-Criticism" which he added to the new edition of 1886. But the book, whatever its excesses, remains one of the most relevant statements on tragedy ever penned. It exploded the conception of Greek culture that was prevalent down through the Victorian era, and it sounded themes developed in the twentieth century by classicists, existentialists, psychoanalysts, and others. The Case of Wagner (1888) was one Nietzsche's last books, and his wittiest. In attitude and style it is diametrically opposed to The Birth of Tragedy. Both works transcend their ostensible…

Book details

List price: $12.95
Copyright year: 1967
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 4/12/1967
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 4.37" wide x 7.24" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.330
Language: English