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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811155803321

Autore

Nietzsche Friedrich Wilhelm <1844-1900.>

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

©2010

ISBN

1-282-87059-9

9786612870590

0-8264-3286-7

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (389 p.)

Disciplina

831.8

Soggetti

German poetry - 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First complete English translation of the poetry of Friedrich Nietzsche.

Originally published as Gedichte by Reclam, Stuttgart, 1986.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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