Nietzsche, Wagner and the Philosophy of Pessimism [Hardcover]

Roger Hollinrake (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0049210297 | ISBN-13: 978-0049210295 | Publication Date: June 1982

Nietzsche’s relationship with Wagner has long been a source of controversy and has given rise to a number of important studies, including this major breakthrough in Nietzsche scholarship, first published in 1982. In this work Hollinrake contends that the nature and extent of the anti-Wagnerian pastiche and polemic in Thus Spake Zarathustra is arguably the most important factor in the association between the two. Thus Wagner, as the purveyor of a particular brand of Schopenhauerian pessimism, is here revealed as one of the principle sources – and targets – of Zarathustra. Whilst addressed primarily to students of German Literature, this book will also be of interest to musicians, philosophers and students of the history of culture and ideas.

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 323 pages
• Publisher: Allen & Unwin (June 1982)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0049210297
• ISBN-13: 978-0049210295
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,699,714 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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