Friedrich Nietzsche and Weimar Classicism

by Paul Bishop and R.H. Stephenson

Opens up a fresh and original perspective on Nietzsche by showing the important influence of Weimar classicism on his work.

This book argues that Nietzsche's polemics against the 19th-century reception of Goethe and Schiller should not obscure his own more positive evaluation of Weimar classicism, as has generally been the case. The authors uncover thecontinuing influence of Weimar classicism at the very heart of Nietzsche's aesthetic theory,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571132805
• ISBN13: 9781571132802
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Camden House (NY)
• Length: 293 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.3"