Name: The Birth of Tragedy / Unpublished Basel Writings (Winter 1869/70–Fall 1873). Volume 1
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Author: Friedrich Nietzsche;Sean D. Kirkland;Andrew J. Mitchell;Alan D. Schrift
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The Birth of Tragedy / Unpublished Basel Writings (Winter 1869/70–Fall 1873). Volume 1

Type

Physical Book

Publisher

Stanford University Press

Author

Friedrich Nietzsche;Sean D. Kirkland;Andrew J. Mitchell;Alan D. Schrift

Collection

The Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche

Year

2026

Pages

277

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.3x12.7 cm

ISBN13

9780804750370

The Birth of Tragedy / Unpublished Basel Writings (Winter 1869/70–Fall 1873). Volume 1

Friedrich Nietzsche;Sean D. Kirkland;Andrew J. Mitchell;Alan D. Schrift (Author) · Stanford University Press · Paperback

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Synopsis "The Birth of Tragedy / Unpublished Basel Writings (Winter 1869/70–Fall 1873). Volume 1"

During his early years in Basel, as professor of classical philology, Nietzsche develops an original understanding of ancient Greek poetry, philosophy, and culture, alongside a biting critique of contemporary German society and a call for its reform. These years see him publish his first book, The Birth of Tragedy, where tragic drama is understood as the harmonizing of Apollonian and Dionysian drives. In it, Nietzsche traces the rise of tragedy as an art form, diagnoses its demise at the hands of Socratic rationalism, and champions its revival in Wagnerian music drama, as part of a larger project of German national renewal. The unpublished texts gathered here allow us to see tThe Birth of Tragedy within the larger context of Nietzsche's concerns at this time and chart the compositional and interpretive development of that first book while revealing some roads not taken. Included also are three book-length projects: On the Future of Our Educational Institutions, a literary presentation of a program for sweeping educational reform in the name of producing the genius; Five Prefaces to Five Unwritten Books, a set of short philosophical, cultural, and historical interventions; and Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks, an investigation of early Greek philosophy in its cultural context. The celebrated essay "On Truth and Lies in an Extra-Moral Sense," and two short pro-Wagner pieces, "Exhortation to the Germans" and "A New Year's Word for the Editor of the Weekly Im neuen Reich," round out this essential collection of early writings. Extensive translators' annotations supply critical background information and context for Nietzsche's comments on ancient Greek and contemporary German culture.