Nietzsche As Stylist : Aesthetics and Philosophy / Martine Béland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Béland, Martine, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literary style.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (247 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Montreal, Quebec : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2024]

Summary:

Friedrich Nietzsche was a prolific writer, publishing seventeen books in seventeen years. Nietzsche as Stylist traces the emergence of his idiosyncratic writing style as he experimented with various rhetorical tactics. With a historical sensibility, the book highlights how Nietzsche's style evolved in the context of his life and world.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Tables

Prologue: When in Weimar

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction — Elements of Style: Nietzsche’s Aesthetic Legacy

1 A Shooting Star: Nietzsche, Profession, and Vocation

2 Against Opera: A War on Entertainment

3 Nuts and Bolts: Inside the Factory of Schola

4 The Individualist: On Becoming Who You Are

5 A Portrait of the Philosopher as Artist

6 His Best Prose: Nietzsche’s Prefaces

7 An Unlikely Hero: Nietzsche’s Dashes

Epilogue — Aesthetic Reception: On Reading and Curating Nietzsche

A Very Short Chronology

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780228021667

0228021669

9780228021650

0228021650