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Subtitle: Nietzsche's Gay science
By: Kathleen Marie Higgins.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York; Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
Subjects: Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900; Philosophy; Religion -- Philosophy
Description: "This new study of Nietzsche casts light on a neglected aspect of his scholarly personality - his sense of humor. Although Nietzsche is generally thought to be a ponderous and melancholy intellectual, Kathleen Higgens shows him to be a subtle and light-hearted writer. Her close reading of The Gay Science illustrates how the numerous literary risks taken by Nietzsche reveal humor to be central to his project."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-232) and index.