The peacock and the buffalo : the poetry of Nietzsche / translated by James Luchte.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900.

Contributor:

Luchte, James, translator.

Standardized Title:

Poems. English & German

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm.

German poetry--19th century--Translations into English.

German poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (389 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

London, [England] ; New York, New York : Continuum, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Peacock and the Buffalo presents the first complete English translation of the poetry of the celebrated and hugely influential German thinker, Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900). From his first poems, written at the age of fourteen, to his last extant writings, this definitive bi-lingual edition includes all his 275 poems and aphorisms. Nietzsche's interest in poetry is no secret, as evidenced in his literary and philosophical masterpiece, Thus Spoke Zarathustra , not to mention the poetry included in his published philosophical works. This important collection shows that Nietzsche's commitme

Contents:

CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; TRANSLATOR'S NOTE; PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION; PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION; Poems of Youth (1858-1868); Lyrics (1869-1888); Sayings (1869-1888); 'Wit, Tricks and Revenge' (1882); Songs of Prince Vogelfrei (1887); Dionysos Dithyrambs (1888); Through the circle of Dionysos Dithyrambs (1882-1888); NOTES

Notes:

First complete English translation of the poetry of Friedrich Nietzsche.

Originally published as Gedichte by Reclam, Stuttgart, 1986.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-282-87059-9

9786612870590

0-8264-3286-7

OCLC:

686754881