The Birth of Tragedy and the Case of Wagner [Friedrich Nietzsche]

[Wagner] [Nietzsche] [Philosophy]

The Birth of Tragedy and the Case of Wagner

Friedrich Nietzsche

Vintage Books, NY. 1967. Later printing paperback. Chips and dings to the edges of the cover, some underlining, general wear. A good copy.

From the publisher:

The Birth of Tragedy (1872) was Nietzsche's first book. Its youthful faults were exposed by Nietzsche 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. It exploded the conception of Greek culture that was prevalent down through the Victorian era, and it sounded themes developed in the twentieth century by classicists, existentialists, psychoanalysts, and others.

The Case of Wagner (1888) was one Nietzsche's last books, and his wittiest. In attitude and style it is diametrically opposed to The Birth of Tragedy. Both works transcend their ostensible subjects and deal with art and culture, as well as the problems of the modern age generally.

Pocket sized Nietzsche for you to contemplate while at the bar, slowly drinking a disappointing negroni. Life is art.