The Birth of Tragedy (Oxford World's Classics)

Heavy and specialized. Beautiful writing and admirable translation. His views make sense in today's dramatic nadir.

As described!

A lifelong resource.

Exactly what I expected. Excellent condition.

Reader beware. She is short, but you will want to reread the pages many times. A lot of clever ideas. Nietzsche is a clumsy, unorganized writer. Many of his presuppositions are historically iffy, even for the time, but you prob know that already. There are times where you worry he is only persuasive because of his rhetoric and conviction, but then you think about what he says and go, "yeah I guess that's pretty neat", even if it's a clumsy or unrealistic. As an artist I've been thinking a whole lot about my work and the evolution of my work. I think this should be standard reading for artists of any kind, even though it particularly mentions music a lot. This book is easier to read as a non-academic than Beyond Good and Evil. However, it will help to have some knowledge of the greeks, and a brief history of Greek philosophy. Footnotes (at the back of the book) are very very helpful and makes this edition stand out to me. My copy of Beyond Good and Evil didn't have very good footnotes.

Found this most useful for my A2 English Literature coursework on tragedy. Though I was studying post-war tragedy on e.g. The Great Gatsby and Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, it was most helpful to look back at the classical and original theories and ideas concerning tragedy. The Birth of Tragedy would not be considered as one of Nietzsche's best, as it is very biased and very informal, however, that is what makes the book perfect for coursework, enabling students to put it down to discussion, debate or show the examiner that you have your own personal opinion (by agreeing or disagreeing with Nietzsche's view)

Great introduction of almost perfect length and depth. The notes are extremely useful as Nietzsche references a lot of works and books most people have not read. A good starting point for reading Nietzsche as it's one of his first and most accessible works - which cant be said for most of his other works. Nietzsche makes a valuable statement of the importance of art as metaphysical consolation, where Attic tragedy is the highest achievement of art with it's ''perfect'' mixture of the Apollonian and Dionysian attributes. The arguements for this are extremely unconventional for a philosopher, but entertaining and passionate nonetheless.

fast delivery bought this edition as it was on offer.Do note that the book has very small print

Good book. Thank you