The birth of tragedy, or Hellenism and pessimism

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A compelling argument for the necessity for art in life, Nietzsche's first book is fuelled by his enthusiasms for Greek tragedy, for the philosophy of Schopenhauer and for the music of Wagner, to whom this work was dedicated. Nietzsche outlined a distinction between its two central forces: the Apolline, representing beauty and order, and the Dionysiac, a primal or ecstatic reaction to the sublime. He believed the combination of these states produced the highest forms of music and tragic drama, which not only reveal the truth about suffering in life, but also provide a consolation for it. Impassioned and exhilarating in its conviction, The Birth of Tragedy has become a key text in European culture and in literary criticism.

subjects: Aesthetics,  The Tragic,  History and criticism,  Music,  Greek drama (Tragedy),  Tragedy,  Philosophy and aesthetics,  Philosophy and esthetics,  Greek drama, history and criticism,  Wagner, richard, 1813-1883,  Music, philosophy and aesthetics,  Tragic, the,  Ethics,  Philosophie allemande,  Theory,  Mythology, Greek, in literature,  Psychiatry,  PHILOSOPHY,  Philosophy & Religion,  Die Geburt der Tragödie aus dem Geiste der Musik (Nietzsche),  Greek drama (tragedy)--history and criticism,  Music--philosophy and aesthetics,  B3313.g42 e55 2000,  111.85,  5,1,  Cg 5904