1st Edition

Nietzsche, Wagner and the Philosophy of Pessimism

By Roger Hollinrake Copyright 1982
328 Pages
by Routledge

326 Pages
by Routledge

259 Pages
by Routledge

Nietzsche’s relationship with Wagner has long been a source of controversy and has given rise to a number of important studies, including this major breakthrough in Nietzsche scholarship, first published in 1982. In this work Hollinrake contends that the nature and extent of the anti-Wagnerian pastiche and polemic in Thus Spake Zarathustra is arguably the most important factor in the... Read more
Part 1: Zarathustra and Der Ring 1. Der Ring des Nibelungen 2. Zarathustra’s Going Down 3. Schopenhauer and Der Ring 4. Two Notes on Der Ring 5. The Convalescent 6. Zarathustra’s Rondelay 7. Zarathustra’s Great Noon 8. Nietzsche’s Affirmation: Summary Part 2: Zarathustra and Parsifal 9. Parsifal 10. Zarathustra’s Temptation 11. The Cry of Distress 12. The Dissolution of the Trinity: Summary

Biography

Roger Hollinrake