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Goethe, Nietzsche, and Wagner : their Spinozan epics of love and power / T.K. Seung.
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- Author/Creator:
- Seung, T. K., 1930-2022.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Superman (Philosophical concept).
- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832. Faust.
- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von.
- Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900. Also sprach Zarathustra.
- Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm.
- Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Ring des Nibelungen.
- Wagner, Richard.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 376 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, [2006]
- Summary:
- The author reads Goethe's Faust as the first epic written under Spinoza's influence. He shows how its thematic development is governed by Spinoza's pantheistic naturalism. He further contends that Wagner and Nietzsche have tried to surpass their men
- Contents:
- The superman in estrangement (Faust, prologue and part one)
- The superman in fantasy (Faust, part two, acts 1-3)
- The superman in defiance (Faust, part two, acts 4-5)
- Redemption of the superman (Faust, epilogue)
- Nietzsche's superman (Zarathustra, prologue and part one)
- The suffering soul (Zarathustra, part two)
- The twofold self (Zarathustra, part three)
- The Dionysian redemption (Zarathustra, part four)
- Mystical naturalism (from Goethe to Nietzsche)
- Wagner's superhero (The ring of the Nibelung).
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [368]-370) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0739111272
- 0739111280
- OCLC:
- 62782211
- Publisher Number:
- 9780739111277
- 9780739111284
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