The birth of tragedy /
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| Author / Creator: | Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900. |
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| Uniform title: | Geburt der Tragödie. English |
| Imprint: | Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2000. |
| Description: | 208 p. ; 20 cm. |
| Language: | English German |
| Series: | Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press) |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4219425 |
| Summary: | 'Yes, what is Dionysian? - This book provides an answer - "a man who knows" speaks in it, the initiate and disciple of his god.' The Birth of Tragedy (1872) is a book about the origins of Greek tragedy and its relevance to the German culture of its time. For Nietzsche, Greek tragedy is the expression of a culture which has achieved a delicate but powerful balance between Dionysian insight into the chaos and suffering which underlies all existence and the discipline and clarity of rational Apollonian form. In order to promote a return to these values, Nietzsche undertakes a critique of the complacent rationalism of late nineteenth-century German culture and makes an impassioned plea for the regenerative potential of the music of Wagner. In its wide-ranging discussion of the nature of art, science and religion, Nietzsche's argument raises important questions about the problematic nature of cultural origins which are still of concern today. |
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| Physical Description: | 208 p. ; 20 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. xxxviii-xl) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0192832921 |