The Birth of Tragedy
Out of the Spirit of Music
Penguin Publishing Group · Print & ebook · January 1, 1994
The first book by the author of the classic philosophical text Beyond Good and Evil.
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- Who it’s for
- Nietzsche’s early meditation on tragedy challenges Victorian ideas of Greek culture and reaches into later debates.
- Themes
- Tragedy, Greek culture, Criticism of cultural ideas
- Genres
- Aesthetics, Drama Criticism, Ancient & Classical Literary Criticism
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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.
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It exploded the conception of Greek culture that was prevalent down through the Victorian era, and it analyzed themes developed in the twentieth century by classicists, existentialists, psychoanalysts, and others.
Tragedy Reconsidered
Nietzsche’s early meditation on tragedy challenges Victorian ideas of Greek culture and reaches into later debates.
Come here for
- A philosophical rethinking of Greek tragedy
- Ideas that resonate with classicists and existentialists
Expect
- Bold claims, alongside excesses Nietzsche later acknowledged
- A contemplative encounter with Greek culture and its interpretation
Where it sits
| Aesthetics | 49% |
|---|---|
| Drama Criticism | 39% |
| Ancient & Classical Literary Criticism | 31% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Ancient & Classical Literary Criticism
- Drama Criticism
- Aesthetics
- Authors
- Friedrich Nietzsche, Michael Tanner
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Published
- January 1, 1994
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Tragedy · Greek culture · Criticism of cultural ideas
- Reading lane
- Ancient & Classical Literary Criticism