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Nietzsche: Attempt at a Mythology
Ernst Bertram
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Description for Nietzsche: Attempt at a Mythology
Paperback. Offering an interpretation of Nietzsche, this book constructs a densely layered portrait of the thinker that shows him driven by deep and ultimately irresolvable cultural, historical, and psychological conflicts. Editor(s): Norton, Robert E. Series: International Nietzsche Studies. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 550.
The only English translation of a crucial interpretation of Nietzsche
First published in 1918, Ernst Bertram's Nietzsche: Attempt at a Mythology substantially shaped the image of Nietzsche for the generation between the wars. It won the Nietzsche Society's first prize and was admired by luminous contemporaries including André Gide, Hermann Hesse, Gottfried Benn, and Thomas Mann. Although translated into French in 1932, the book was never translated into English following the decline of Nietzsche's and Bertram's reputations after 1945. Now, with Nietzsche's importance for twentieth-century thought undisputed, the work by one of his most influential interpreters can at last be ... Read moreProduct Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Condition
New
Series
International Nietzsche Studies
Number of Pages
424
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252076015
SKU
V9780252076015
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About Ernst Bertram
Ernst Bertram (1884–1957) was a recognized scholar of German literature and culture, as well as an accomplished poet. Although Nietzsche remained his only monograph, he published numerous essays and several books of poetry. Robert E. Norton is a professor of German at the University of Notre Dame and the author of Secret Germany: Stefan George and His Circle.
Reviews for Nietzsche: Attempt at a Mythology
Winner of the American Translators Association's Ungar German Translation Award, 2011. “Ernst Bertram’s seminal work ... not only highlighted Nietzsche’s own revival of the mythical dimension as essential to creative human activity but also sought, in the heroizing of spirit of the Stephan George circle (with which Bertram was associated) to render Nietzsche himself into a latter-day prophet—a ... Read more