Nietzsche, Wagner and the Philosophy of Pessimism Hollinrake Roger
Nietzsche, Wagner and the Philosophy of Pessimism Hollinrake Roger Nietzsche's relationship with Wagner has long been a source of controversy and has given rise to a number of important studies,…
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Nietzsche, Wagner and the Philosophy of Pessimism Hollinrake Roger
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. 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. 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.
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