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The Birth of Tragedy

Name: The Birth of Tragedy
ISBN: 9780140433395

Out of the Spirit of Music

Friedrich Nietzsche, Michael Tanner

Penguin Publishing Group · Print & ebook · January 1, 1994

Reading lane: Ancient & Classical Literary Criticism

The first book by the author of the classic philosophical text Beyond Good and Evil .

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Tragedy Reconsidered

Nietzsche’s early meditation on tragedy challenges Victorian ideas of Greek culture and reaches into later debates.

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A philosophical rethinking of Greek tragedy
Ideas that resonate with classicists and existentialists

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Bold claims, alongside excesses Nietzsche later acknowledged
A contemplative encounter with Greek culture and its interpretation

Book Details

Authors: Friedrich Nietzsche, Michael Tanner
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: January 1, 1994
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: Ancient & Classical Literary Criticism · German Literary Collections
Reading lane: Ancient & Classical Literary Criticism

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Ancient & Classical Literary Criticism
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Aesthetics

About This Book

The first book by the author of the classic philosophical text Beyond Good and Evil . The youthful faults of this work were exposed by the author himself 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 analyzed themes developed in...

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