Nietzsche, Wagner and the Philosophy of Pessimism (Routledge Library Editions: Friedrich Nietzsche) - Hardcover

Hollinrake, Roger

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415562252 ISBN 13: 9780415562256

Publisher: Routledge, 2009

Synopsis

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0415562252
• ISBN 13: 9780415562256
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 326