The Nietzsche Reader (Wiley Blackwell Readers) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0631226540 ISBN 13: 9780631226543

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2006

Synopsis

The Nietzsche Reader brings together in one volume substantial selections from the entire body of Nietzsche’s writings, together with illuminating commentary on Nietzsche’s life and importance, and introductions to his major works and philosophical ideas.

• Includes selections from all the major texts, including The Birth of Tragedy, The Gay Science, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Beyond Good and Evil, The Anti-Christ, and Ecce Homo

• Offers new translations of key pieces from Nietzsche’s unpublished “Lenzer Heide” notebook

• Provides a wealth of pedagogical features, such as editorial sections on Nietzsche’s life and importance, an opening introduction to his philosophical ideas, introductions to each major section, and a comprehensive guide to further reading

About this title

About the Author

KEITH ANSELL PEARSON holds a Personal Chair in Philosophy at the University of Warwick. He co-founded the Friedrich Nietzsche Society and is renowned for his work on Nietzsche, Bergson, and Deleuze. He is editor of A Companion to Nietzsche (Blackwell, 2006).

DUNCAN LARGE is Senior Lecturer in German at the University of Wales Swansea and former Chairman of the Friedrich Nietzsche Society. He is the author of Nietzsche and Proust: A Comparative Study (2001), and translator and editor of both Nietzsche's Twilight of the Idols (1998) and Sarah Kofman's Nietzsche and Metaphor (1993).

From the Back Cover

"The best way to get

to know Nietzsche"

Richard Schacht

"The Nietzsche Reader offers an extremely comprehensive survey of Nietzsche's philosophical writings, ranging from his youthful essays on fate to the pithy, epochal books written in the twilight of his sanity. This is the best collection of Nietzsche's writings since The Portable Nietzsche; perfect for classroom use, in any number of courses across a variety of academic disciplines."

Daniel W. Conway, The Pennsylvania State University

"Thorough yet manageable, this Reader is an excellent introduction to Nietzsche. The editors' balanced commentary is accessible to the novice while still engaging for scholars. This book is a great contribution to Nietzsche studies."

Kathleen Higgins, University of Texas at Austin

Nietzsche's impact on modern thought cannot be overstated. Generations have been influenced by this controversial and exciting thinker whose work nourishes academic fields as diverse as philosophy, literary studies, and political theory. This collection brings together in one volume substantial selections from Nietzsche's complete oeuvre, including some never before published in book form in English. It also contains impressive pedagogical features, including editorial sections on Nietzsche's life and importance, an introduction to his philosophical ideas, introductions to each major section of writings, and a comprehensive guide to further reading.

All of Nietzsche's major texts are generously excerpted here. Also showcased are selections from his lesser-known writings, and new translations of key pieces from unpublished notebooks of the 1880s.

From the Inside Flap

"The best way to get

to know Nietzsche"

Richard Schacht

"The Nietzsche Reader offers an extremely comprehensive survey of Nietzsche's philosophical writings, ranging from his youthful essays on fate to the pithy, epochal books written in the twilight of his sanity. This is the best collection of Nietzsche's writings since The Portable Nietzsche; perfect for classroom use, in any number of courses across a variety of academic disciplines."

Daniel W. Conway, The Pennsylvania State University

"Thorough yet manageable, this Reader is an excellent introduction to Nietzsche. The editors' balanced commentary is accessible to the novice while still engaging for scholars. This book is a great contribution to Nietzsche studies."

Kathleen Higgins, University of Texas at Austin

Nietzsche's impact on modern thought cannot be overstated. Generations have been influenced by this controversial and exciting thinker whose work nourishes academic fields as diverse as philosophy, literary studies, and political theory. This collection brings together in one volume substantial selections from Nietzsche's complete oeuvre, including some never before published in book form in English. It also contains impressive pedagogical features, including editorial sections on Nietzsche's life and importance, an introduction to his philosophical ideas, introductions to each major section of writings, and a comprehensive guide to further reading.

All of Nietzsche's major texts are generously excerpted here. Also showcased are selections from his lesser-known writings, and new translations of key pieces from unpublished notebooks of the 1880s.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0631226540
• ISBN 13: 9780631226543
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 624
• Editor: Ansell-Pearson Keith, Large Duncan