Nietzsche and Schiller
Subtitle: untimely aesthetics
By: Nicholas Martin.
Series: Oxford modern languages and literature monographs
Publisher: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
Subjects: Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900.; Schiller, Friedrich,  1759-1805.; Aesthetics, German -- 18th century.; Aesthetics, German -- 19th century.
Description: This book, the first to attempt a thorough comparison of Nietzsche's and Schiller's thought, examines their programmes to reform the individual through aesthetic experience, with reference primarily to Nietzsche's Die Geburt der Tragodie and Schiller's Asthetische Briefe.

It counters the prejudice that Nietzsche and Schiller represent a black-and-white contrast, draws a convincing picture of their shared cultural heritage and assumptions, and assesses the nature and implications of their claims for the 'untimeliness' of aesthetic experience and of their proposed reforms to man and society.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [204]-216) and index.