A Companion to Friedrich Nietzsche: Life and Works
An advanced introduction for students and a re-orientation for Nietzsche scholars and intellectual historians on the development of his thought and the aesthetic construction of his identity as a philosopher.



Nietzsche looms over modern literature and thought; according to Gottfried Benn, "everything my generation discussed, thought through innerly; one could say: suffered; or one could even say: took to the point of exhaustion — allof it had already been said . . . by Nietzsche; all the rest was just exegesis." Nietzsche's influence on intellectual life today is arguably as great; witness the various societies, journals, and websites and the steady stream ofpapers, collections, and monographs. This Companion offers new essays from the best Nietzsche scholars, emphasizing the interrelatedness of his life and thought, eschewing a superficial biographical method but taking seriously his claim that great philosophy is "the self-confession of its author and a kind of unintended and unremarked memoir."
Each essay examines a major work by Nietzsche; together, they offer an advanced introduction for students of German Studies, philosophy, and comparative literature as well as for the lay reader. Re-establishing the links between Nietzsche's philosophical texts and their biographical background, the volume alerts Nietzschescholars and intellectual historians to the internal development of his thought and the aesthetic construction of his identity as a philosopher.

Contributors: Ruth Abbey, Keith Ansell-Pearson, Rebecca Bamford, Paul Bishop, Thomas H. Brobjer, Daniel W. Conway, Adrian Del Caro, Carol Diethe, Michael Allen Gillespie and Keegan F. Callanan, Laurence Lampert, Duncan Large, Martin Liebscher, Martine Prange, Alan D. Schrift.

Paul Bishop is William Jacks Chair of Modern Languages at the University of Glasgow.
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A Companion to Friedrich Nietzsche: Life and Works
An advanced introduction for students and a re-orientation for Nietzsche scholars and intellectual historians on the development of his thought and the aesthetic construction of his identity as a philosopher.



Nietzsche looms over modern literature and thought; according to Gottfried Benn, "everything my generation discussed, thought through innerly; one could say: suffered; or one could even say: took to the point of exhaustion — allof it had already been said . . . by Nietzsche; all the rest was just exegesis." Nietzsche's influence on intellectual life today is arguably as great; witness the various societies, journals, and websites and the steady stream ofpapers, collections, and monographs. This Companion offers new essays from the best Nietzsche scholars, emphasizing the interrelatedness of his life and thought, eschewing a superficial biographical method but taking seriously his claim that great philosophy is "the self-confession of its author and a kind of unintended and unremarked memoir."
Each essay examines a major work by Nietzsche; together, they offer an advanced introduction for students of German Studies, philosophy, and comparative literature as well as for the lay reader. Re-establishing the links between Nietzsche's philosophical texts and their biographical background, the volume alerts Nietzschescholars and intellectual historians to the internal development of his thought and the aesthetic construction of his identity as a philosopher.

Contributors: Ruth Abbey, Keith Ansell-Pearson, Rebecca Bamford, Paul Bishop, Thomas H. Brobjer, Daniel W. Conway, Adrian Del Caro, Carol Diethe, Michael Allen Gillespie and Keegan F. Callanan, Laurence Lampert, Duncan Large, Martin Liebscher, Martine Prange, Alan D. Schrift.

Paul Bishop is William Jacks Chair of Modern Languages at the University of Glasgow.
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An advanced introduction for students and a re-orientation for Nietzsche scholars and intellectual historians on the development of his thought and the aesthetic construction of his identity as a philosopher.



Nietzsche looms over modern literature and thought; according to Gottfried Benn, "everything my generation discussed, thought through innerly; one could say: suffered; or one could even say: took to the point of exhaustion — allof it had already been said . . . by Nietzsche; all the rest was just exegesis." Nietzsche's influence on intellectual life today is arguably as great; witness the various societies, journals, and websites and the steady stream ofpapers, collections, and monographs. This Companion offers new essays from the best Nietzsche scholars, emphasizing the interrelatedness of his life and thought, eschewing a superficial biographical method but taking seriously his claim that great philosophy is "the self-confession of its author and a kind of unintended and unremarked memoir."
Each essay examines a major work by Nietzsche; together, they offer an advanced introduction for students of German Studies, philosophy, and comparative literature as well as for the lay reader. Re-establishing the links between Nietzsche's philosophical texts and their biographical background, the volume alerts Nietzschescholars and intellectual historians to the internal development of his thought and the aesthetic construction of his identity as a philosopher.

Contributors: Ruth Abbey, Keith Ansell-Pearson, Rebecca Bamford, Paul Bishop, Thomas H. Brobjer, Daniel W. Conway, Adrian Del Caro, Carol Diethe, Michael Allen Gillespie and Keegan F. Callanan, Laurence Lampert, Duncan Large, Martin Liebscher, Martine Prange, Alan D. Schrift.

Paul Bishop is William Jacks Chair of Modern Languages at the University of Glasgow.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781571139306
Publisher: BOYDELL & BREWER INC
Publication date: 02/01/2015
Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture , #114
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 462
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Paul Bishop is Professor of German and Head of Department of German at the University of Glasgow.

Paul Bishop is Professor of German and Head of Department of German at the University of Glasgow.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

A Note on Editions and Abbreviations x

Introduction Paul Bishop 1

Link to Nietzsche's Early Writings 13

1 Nietzsche's Early Writings Thomas H. Brobjer 24

Link to The Birth of Tragedy 49

2 The Birth of Tragedy Adrian Del Caro 54

Link to Untimely Meditations 81

3 Untimely Meditations Duncan Large 86

Link to Human, All Too Human 109

4 Human, All Too Human: A Book for Tree Spirits Ruth Abbey 114

Link to Daybreak 135

5 Daybreak Rebecca Bamford 139

Link to The Gay Science 159

6 The Gay Science Keith Ansell-Pearson 167

Link to Zarathustra 193

7 Thus Spoke Zarathustra Laurence Lampert 201

Link to Beyond Good and Evil 227

8 Beyond Good and Evil Martine Prange 232

Link to On the Genealogy of Morals 251

9 On the Genealogy of Morals Michael Allen Gillespie Keegan F. Callanan 255

Link to The Case of Wagner and Nietzsche contra Wagner 279

10 Tloe Case of Wagner and Nietzsche contra Wagner Daniel W. Conway 285

Link to Twilight of the Idols, The Anti-Christ, and Ecce Homo 309

11 Twilight of the Idols Carol Diethe 315

12 The Anti-Christ Martin Liebscher 339

13 Ecce Homo Paul Bishop 361

14 Dithyrambs of Dionysos Paul Bishop 391

Link to the Nachlass 399

15 Nietzsche's Nachlass Alan D. Schrift 405

Conclusion 429

Notes on the Contributors 431

Index 435

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