Dithyrambs of Dionysus = Dionysos-Dithyramben / Friedrich Nietzsche ; translated with an introduction and notes by R. J. Hollingdale.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900.

Contributor:

Hollingdale, R. J.

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Serie Poetica ; 16.

Serie Poetica

Standardized Title:

Dionysos-Dithyramben. English & German

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900--Translations into English.

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm.

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900.

Genre:

German poetry.

Poetry.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

95 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 22 cm.

Edition:

Bilingual edition.

Other Title:

Dionysos-Dithyramben

Place of Publication:

[London] : Anvil Press Poetry, [2001]

Language Note:

German text and English translation on opposing pages.

Summary:

Arguably the most important philosopher of the 19th century, Nietzsche's earliest reputation was as much for his poetry as for his philosophical writings. This bilingual edition will please both the scholar and the general reader.

Contents:

Only a fool! Only a poet! = Nur Narr! Nurr Dichter!

The desert grows: woe to him who harbours deserts ... = Die Wüste wächst: weh dem, der Wüsten birgt ...

Last will = Letzter Wille

Amid birds of prey = Zwischen Raubvögeln

The fire-signal = Das Feuerzeichen

The sun sinks = Die Sonne sinkt

Ariadne's complaint = Klage der Ariadne

Fame and eternity = Ruhm und Ewigkeit

Of the poverty of the richest man = Von der Armut des Reichsten.

Notes:

Publisher's advertisements: [1] p. at end.

ISBN:

0856463272 :

9780856463273

OCLC:

55699203