Friedrich Nietzsche and Weimar classicism
By: Paul Bishop and R.H. Stephenson
Contributors: Stephenson, R. H.
Series: Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture
Publisher: Camden House
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Rochester, NY
Language: eng; ger
Number of pages: 281
Subjects: Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, -- 1844-1900; Schiller, Friedrich, -- 1759-1805; Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, -- 1749-1832; Aesthetics, Modern -- 19th century; German literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism; Classicism -- Germany -- Weimar (Thuringia) -- History -- 18th century
Description: "Friedich Nietzsche and Weimar Classicism argues that the philosopher's polemics against the nineteenth-century reception of Goethe and Schiller should not obscure, as has generally been the case, his own more positive evaluation of Weimar classicism. Paul Bishop and R. H. Stephenson uncover the continuing influence of Weimar classicism at the very heart of Nietzsche's aesthetic theory, which in turn became the cornerstone of his epistemological and moral concerns." "The book provides an overview of related scholarly literature; discusses Nietzsche's aesthetic theory in The Birth of Tragedy; recounts the composition of Thus Spoke Zarathustra, and offers an interpretation of the "aesthetic gospel" in this centeal work. A concluding chapter explores the continuities in aesthetic theory from Leucippus to Ernst Cassirer. By demonstrating the constitutive function of the aesthetics of Weimar classicism in his philosophy, this book opens up a fresh and original perspective on reading Nietzsche."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-263) and index
Table of contents: title: Die Geburt der Tragödie and Weimar classicism; title: The formative influence of Weimar classicism in the genesis of Zarathustra; title: The aesthetic gospel of Nietzsche's Zarathustra; title: From Leucippus to Cassirer : toward a genealogy of "sincere semblance"