Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Nietzsche on Art

<p>Nietzsche is one of the most important modern philosophers and his writings on the nature of art are amongst the most influential of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This<em> GuideBook </em>introduces and assesses: </p><ul> <li>Nietzsche's life and the background to his writings on art </li> <li>the ideas and texts of his works which contribute to art including <em>The</em> <em>Birth of Tragedy</em> <em>Human All Too Human</em> and <em>Thus Spoke Zarathustra</em> </li> <li>Nietzsche's continuing importance to philosophy and contemporary thought.</li> </ul><p>This <em>GuideBook</em> will be essential reading for all students coming to Nietzsche for the first time.</p>