Nietzsche's The Case of Wagner and Nietzsche Contra Wagner / / Ryan Harvey.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English
• VerfasserIn: Harvey, Ryan,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Edinburgh Critical Guides to Nietzsche : ECGN
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (280 p.) :; 2 B/W illustrations

The first full-length critical introduction in English to Nietzsche’s lifelong obsession with Wagner – essential for understanding Nietzsche’s philosophy as a wholeSituates The Case of Wagner within the context of Wagner’s intellectual influence on NietzscheAssumes no prior knowledge of Nietzsche or the textsGives you a section-by-section interpretation of The Case of Wagner addressing especially why Wagner is a 'case' for NietzscheProvides a contextual backdrop to the many long-standing intellectual threads between Wagner and Nietzsche that find their expression in The Case of WagnerIncludes a chronology of Nietzsche’s life and work, a glossary of key terms, an index of names and subjects and a guide to further readingWagner was a lifelong obsession for Nietzsche. Ryan Harvey and Aaron Ridley put Wagner centre-stage to show why he mattered so much to Nietzsche. Looking at The Case of Wagner and Nietzsche Contra Wagner, they identify and define the trajectory of a number of overarching themes – modernity, decadence and Wagner as the sign of decline within Nietzsche’s work as a whole – and then demonstrate how they crystallise into Nietzsche’s final and most substantial discussion of Wagner in The Case of Wagner.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Chronology -- Primary Sources and Abbreviations -- Introduction: The Case of Wagner -- 1. The Artwork of the Future: A Prelude to the Philosophy of the Future -- 2. The Pessimism of Strength: An Attempt to Revise the Socratic and Tragic Cultures -- 3. Music in the Microcosm and the Macrocosm -- 4. Music as the Late Fruit of Every Culture -- 5. The Case of Nietzsche; or, How to Become More Wagnerian than Wagner -- Glossary of Key Terms -- Guide to Further Reading on The Case of Wagner and Nietzsche Contra Wagner -- Bibliography -- Index