Comic Relief: Nietzsche's Gay Science

by Kathleen Marie Higgins

Book Overview

This book offers a lively and unorthodox analysis of Nietzsche by examining a neglected aspect of his scholarly personality--his sense of humor. While often thought of as ponderous and melancholy, the Nietzsche of Higgins's study is a surprisingly subtle and light-hearted writer. She presents a close reading of The Gay Science to show how the numerous literary risks that Nietzsche takes reveal humor to be central to his project. Higgins argues that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195126912
• ISBN13: 9780195126914
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.2"