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Nietzsche on Tragedy
M. S. Silk
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Description for Nietzsche on Tragedy
Paperback. This influential book was the first comprehensive study of Nietzsche's earliest work, The Birth of Tragedy (1872). Series: Cambridge Philosophy Classics. Num Pages: 460 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
The first comprehensive study of Nietzsche's earliest book, The Birth of Tragedy (1872), this important volume by M. S. Silk and J. P. Stern examines the work in detail: its place in Nietzsche's philosophical career; its value as an account of ancient Greek culture; its place in the history of German ideas, and its value as a theory of tragedy and music. Presented in a fresh twenty-first-century series livery, and including a specially commissioned preface written by Lesley Chamberlain, illuminating its enduring importance and relevance to philosophical enquiry, this accessible study has been revived for a new generation of readers. ... Read more
The first comprehensive study of Nietzsche's earliest book, The Birth of Tragedy (1872), this important volume by M. S. Silk and J. P. Stern examines the work in detail: its place in Nietzsche's philosophical career; its value as an account of ancient Greek culture; its place in the history of German ideas, and its value as a theory of tragedy and music. Presented in a fresh twenty-first-century series livery, and including a specially commissioned preface written by Lesley Chamberlain, illuminating its enduring importance and relevance to philosophical enquiry, this accessible study has been revived for a new generation of readers. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
Series
Cambridge Philosophy Classics
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781316507933
SKU
V9781316507933
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About M. S. Silk
M. S. Silk is Professor of Classical and Comparative Literature at King's College London. His research interests include tragedy and comedy in theory and practice, Greek poetry and drama, and both ancient and modern literary theory. J. P. Stern (1920–1991) was Professor of German at University College London from 1972 to 1986, and was a prolific scholar of nineteenth- and ... Read more
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