The Birth of Tragedy / The Case of Wagner

Friedrich Nietzsche | 4.13 | 3,153 ratings and reviews

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The Birth of Tragedy (1872) was Nietzsche's 1st book. Its youthful faults were exposed by him 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 thru the Victorian era. It sounded themes developed in the 20th century by classicists, existentialists, psychoanalysts & others. The Case of Wagner (1888) was one his last books & his wittiest. In attitude & style it's... more

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Alex Ross Nietzsche as a young man was completely besotted with Wagner, and had to fight his way out of this obsession. (Source)

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