The Birth of Tragedy
Book by Friedrich Nietzsche / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Birth of Tragedy Out of the Spirit of Music (German: Die Geburt der Tragödie aus dem Geiste der Musik) is a 1872 work of dramatic theory by the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. It was reissued in 1886 as The Birth of Tragedy, Or: Hellenism and Pessimism (German: Die Geburt der Tragödie, Oder: Griechentum und Pessimismus). The later edition contained a prefatory essay, "An Attempt at Self-Criticism", wherein Nietzsche commented on this earliest book.
.jpg) The German first edition | |
| Author | Friedrich Nietzsche |
|---|---|
| Original title | Die Geburt der Tragödie aus dem Geiste der Musik |
| Language | German |
| Subjects | Athenian tragedy, the Apollonian/Dionysian opposition |
| Publisher | E. W. Fritzsch |
Publication date | 1872 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 143 |
