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The Birth of Tragedy: Out of the Spirit of Music (Penguin Classics)
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A compelling argument for the necessity for art in life, NietzscheÂ’s first book is fuelled by his enthusiasms for Greek tragedy, for the philosophy of Schopenhauer and for the music of Wagner, to whom this work was dedicated. Nietzsche outlined a distinction between its two central forces: the Apolline, representing beauty and order, and the Dionysiac, a primal or ecstatic reaction to the sublime. He believed the combination of these states produced the highest forms of music and tragic drama, which not only reveal the truth about suffering in life, but also provide a consolation for it. Impassioned and exhilarating in its conviction, The Birth of Tragedy has become a key text in European culture and in literary criticism.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #48709 in Books
- Published on: 2003-11-27
- Original language: German
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 160 pages
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About the Author
Friedrich Nietzsche was born near Leipzig in 1844, the son of a Lutheran clergyman. At 24 he was appointed to the chair of classical philology at Basle University, where he stayed until forced by his health to retire in 1879. Here, he wrote all his literature, including Thus Spake Zarathustra, and developed his idea of the Superman. He became insane in 1889 and remained so until his death in 1900. Shaun Whiteside has translated widely from French, German and Italian. Michael Tanner is a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He is particularly interested in Wagner and Nietzsche.
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Important Philosophical Work
This is Nietzsche's first book and has become one of the most important in European philosophy. This powerful and very energetic work was inspired by the Greek tragedies and Nietzsche's passion for the music of Wagner. In 'The Birth of Tragedy' Nietzsche attempts to relate our pleasure for tragedy in art to our experiences of suffering in life.
This can be a very difficult book to read but is definitely one of the most important books of its genre. There is also a good introduction by Michael Tanner.
