Nietzsche and the Rebirth of the Tragic

"Nietzsche and the Rebirth of the Tragic, edited and with an introduction by Mary Ann Frese Witt, addresses the question of the legacies of Nietzsche's theories of tragedy as literary genre and of the tragic as ontological concept, both from The Birth oj Tragedy and from Nietzsche's later works. Taking seriously the call for the rebirth of tragedy on the stage, as well as a rebirth of the tragic spirit in culture general1y, dramatists, poets, novelists, philosophers, filmmakers, and theorists - not always acknowledging a debt to Nietzsche - incorporated the Dionysian and the Apollinian, as well as other aspects of Nietzsche's thinking on tragedy, into their own works. This volume gives a sampling of the multifaceted and widespread impact of this aspect of Nietzsche's thought in Europe and the United States." "Although the introduction and eight essays offer but a sampling of the vast legacy of Nietzsche's insights on tragedy, they illustrate how the philosopher-poet, in ways in which he could not have anticipated, gave birth to centaurs."--BOOK JACKET.