{"product_id":"nietzsche-on-tragedy-9780521272551","title":"Nietzsche on Tragedy","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the first comprehensive study of Nietzsches earliest (and extraordinary) book  The Birth of Tragedy (1872). When he wrote it  Nietzsche was a Greek scholar  a friend and champion of Wagner  and a philosopher in the making. His book has been very influential and widely read  but has always posed great difficulties for readers because of the particular way Nietzsche brings his ancient and modern interests together. The proper appreciation of such a work requires access to ideas that cross the boundaries of conventional specialisms. This is now provided by M. S. Silk and J. P. Stern in their joint study of Nietzsches book. They examine in detail its content  style and form; its strange genesis and hybrid status; its biographical background and the controversy engendered by its publication; its value as an account of ancient Greek culture and as a theory of tragedy and music; its relation to other theories of tragedy; and its place in the history of German ideas and in Nietzsches own philosophical career.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67930155712565,"sku":"ByrdShop_0521272556","price":100.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780521272551.jpg?v=1794206423","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/nietzsche-on-tragedy-9780521272551","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}