Nietzsche's Early Literary Writings and the Birth of Tragedy [#502924]

Nietzsche's Early Literary Writings and the Birth of Tragedy
English | 2022 | ISBN: 1640141189 | 304 Pages | PDF | 2 MB
Understands Nietzsche in the light of his activity as a creative writer from his juvenilia through the publication of The Birth of Tragedy, providing the first extensive study in English of his early literary works. The name Friedrich Nietzsche resonates around the world. Although known primarily as a philosopher, Nietzsche began his writing career while still a boy with literary texts: poetry, prose, and dramas. The present book is the first extensive study in English of these works. It understands Nietzsche in the light of his activity as a creative writer from his juvenilia up through the publication of The Birth of Tragedy Out of the Spirit of Music in 1872. It makes available in both German and in English translation, and with commentary, almost all of Nietzsche's early poetry and extensive excerpts from the early prose and dramas.