Nietzsche and “The Birth of Tragedy”

Nietzsche and “The Birth of Tragedy”

Author: Paul Raimond Daniels

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-09-19

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 1317548094

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Nietzsche's philosophy - at once revolutionary, erudite and deep - reaches into all spheres of the arts. Well into a second century of influence, the profundity of his ideas and the complexity of his writings still determine Nietzsche's power to engage his readers. His first book, "The Birth of Tragedy", presents us with a lively inquiry into the existential meaning of Greek tragedy. We are confronted with the idea that the awful truth of our existence can be revealed through tragic art, whereby our relationship to the world transfigures from pessimistic despair into sublime elation and affirmation. It is a landmark text in his oeuvre and remains an important book both for newcomers to Nietzsche and those wishing to enrich their appreciation of his mature writings. "Nietzsche and The Birth of Tragedy" provides a clear account of the text and explores the philosophical, literary and historical influences bearing upon it. Each chapter examines part of the text, explaining the ideas presented and assessing relevant scholarly points of interpretation. The book will be an invaluable guide to readers in Philosophy, Literary Studies and Classics coming to "The Birth of Tragedy" for the first time.


The Birth of Tragedy

The Birth of Tragedy

Author: Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780192832924

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This new edition of Nietzsche's discussion of the nature of art, science, and religion, expounds on the origins of Greek tragedy and its relevance to the German culture of its time. The book's argument raises important questions about the problematic nature of cultural origins, which are still valid today.


Nietzsche on Tragedy

Nietzsche on Tragedy

Author: M. S. Silk

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2016-09

Total Pages: 483

ISBN-13: 1107144760

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This influential book was the first comprehensive study of Nietzsche's earliest work, The Birth of Tragedy (1872).


Crossings

Crossings

Author: John Sallis

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 1991-04-09

Total Pages: 169

ISBN-13: 0226734374

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Boldly contesting recent scholarship, Sallis argues that The Birth of Tragedy is a rethinking of art at the limit of metaphysics. His close reading focuses on the complexity of the Apollinian/Dionysian dyad and on the crossing of these basic art impulses in tragedy. "Sallis effectively calls into question some commonly accepted and simplistic ideas about Nietzsche's early thinking and its debt to Schopenhauer, and proposes alternatives that are worth considering."—Richard Schacht, Times Literary Supplement


The Birth of Tragedy

The Birth of Tragedy

Author: Friedrich Nietzsche

Publisher: The Floating Press

Published: 2016-12-01

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 1776673174

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This classic work of creative criticism from German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche argues that ancient Greek drama represents the highest form of art ever produced. In the first section of the book, Nietzsche presents an in-depth analysis of Athenian tragedy and its many merits. In the second section, Nietzsche contrasts the refinement of classical tragedy with what he regards as the cultural wasteland of the nineteenth-century.


The Invention of Dionysus

The Invention of Dionysus

Author: James I. Porter

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9780804737005

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This book argues that The Birth of Tragedy, Nietzsche's first book, does not mark a rupture with his prior philosophical undertakings but is, in fact, continuous with them and with his later writings as well. It shows that many of the book's elements are reminiscent of Nietzsche's earlier revisions of philology and anticipate the later writings.


The Birth of Theater from the Spirit of Philosophy

The Birth of Theater from the Spirit of Philosophy

Author: David Kornhaber

Publisher: Northwestern University Press

Published: 2016-05-31

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 0810132621

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Nietzsche's love affair with the theater was among the most profound and prolonged intellectual engagements of his life, but his transformational role in the history of the modern stage has yet to be explored. In this pathbreaking account, David Kornhaber vividly shows how Nietzsche reimagined the theatrical event as a site of philosophical invention that is at once ancestor, antagonist, and handmaiden to the discipline of philosophy itself. August Strindberg, George Bernard Shaw, and Eugene O'Neill— seminal figures in the modern drama's evolution and avowed Nietzscheans all—came away from their encounters with Nietzsche's writings with an impassioned belief in the philosophical potential of the live theatrical event, coupled with a reestimation of the dramatist's power to shape that event in collaboration with the actor. In these playwrights' reactions to and adaptations of Nietzsche's radical rethinking of the stage lay the beginnings of a new direction in modern theater and dramatic literature.


Thus Spoke Zarathustra

Thus Spoke Zarathustra

Author: Friedrich Nietzsche

Publisher: ببلومانيا للنشر والتوزيع

Published: 2024-08-27

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13:

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Thus Spake Zarathustra is a foundational work of Western literature and is widely considered to be Friedrich Nietzsche’s masterpiece. It includes the German philosopher’s famous discussion of the phrase ‘God is dead’ as well as his concept of the Superman. Nietzsche delineates his Will to Power theory and devotes pages to critiquing Christian thinking, in particular Christianity’s definition of good and evil.