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ISBN10: 0198159137, ISBN13: 9780198159131, [publisher: Clarendon Press] Hardcover First Edition From publisher's library. Faint shelfwear on dustjacket. Library marking on the jacket, no marking on spine. Bookplate on inside cover and library stamp. Otherwise, book is new and unread. Pages clean and crisp, spine unbroken. 0520C [New Rochelle, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1996]
Hardback. New. This is the first ever comparative study of Nietzsche's Birth of Tragedy and Schiller's Aesthetic Letters, two crucial texts in aesthetic and cultural theory. This scrupulous examination and comparison reveals a convincing picture of the common ground shared by the two writers, who are usually regarded as being poles apart. ISBN 0198159137 9780198159131 [GB]
ISBN10: 0198159137, ISBN13: 9780198159131, [publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford] Hardcover Hardcover. Nietzsche's Die Geburt der Tragodie and Schiller's Asthetische Briefe are two texts which make a vital contribution to the history of aesthetic and cultural theory. This is the first work to make a comparative study of the texts, bringing a mutually illuminating perspective to bear on them. Dr Martin counters the widespread belief that Nietzsche and Schiller represent a black-and-white contrast, showing the wide extent of theearly Nietzsche's debt to Schiller's aesthetics, and drawing a convincing picture of the common aesthetic ground shared by the two writers. The four key aspects of their aesthetic theories are compared: the brilliantdiagnoses of cultural crisis; the historical framework of each theory; the catalytic function of the Greek experience in both theories; and the metaphysical and psychological underpinnings by which the theories stand or fall. At the heart of the study lie the claims of both Nietzsche and Schiller for the `untimeliness' of their texts. Dr Martin concludes that, whatever the shortcomings of the texts, they remain outstanding and enduringly relevant contributions both to aesthetic theory and toour understanding of what it is to be human. This is the first ever comparative study of Nietzsche's Birth of Tragedy and Schiller's Aesthetic Letters, two crucial texts in aesthetic and cultural theory. ...
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