The Birth of Tragedy

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book non-fiction book philosophical work

The Birth of Tragedy is Friedrich Nietzsche’s early philosophical work that explores the origins of Greek tragedy and contrasts Apollonian and Dionysian artistic impulses.

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Label	Occurrences
The Birth of Tragedy canonical	13
Die Geburt der Tragödie aus dem Geiste der Musik	1
Die Geburt der Tragödie, oder: Griechentum und Pessimismus	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ philosophical work ⓘ
author	Friedrich Nietzsche ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Germany ⓘ
criticizedBy	Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Richard Wagner ⓘ
genre	aesthetics ⓘ philosophy ⓘ
hasPart	Attempt at a Self-Criticism ⓘ
influenced	classical philology ⓘ existentialism ⓘ literary theory ⓘ modern aesthetics ⓘ
influencedBy	Arthur Schopenhauer ⓘ Richard Wagner ⓘ ancient Greek tragedy ⓘ
keyConcept	Apollonian principle ⓘ Dionysian principle ⓘ aesthetic justification of existence ⓘ myth ⓘ pessimism ⓘ the role of music in tragedy ⓘ tragic wisdom ⓘ
laterEditionTitle	The Birth of Tragedy self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Die Geburt der Tragödie, oder: Griechentum und Pessimismus
laterPrefaceAddedBy	Friedrich Nietzsche ⓘ
laterPrefaceYear	1886 ⓘ
mainTheme	critique of Socratism ⓘ decline of tragedy in Euripides ⓘ origin of Greek tragedy ⓘ relationship between art and life ⓘ tension between Apollonian and Dionysian art ⓘ
movement	19th-century philosophy ⓘ
originalLanguage	German ⓘ
originalTitle	The Birth of Tragedy self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Die Geburt der Tragödie aus dem Geiste der Musik
philosophicalTradition	Continental philosophy ⓘ
publicationYear	1872 ⓘ
publisher	E. W. Fritzsch ⓘ
structure	25 sections ⓘ preface ⓘ
subject	Apollonian and Dionysian ⓘ Greek tragedy ⓘ aesthetics ⓘ ancient Greek culture ⓘ music ⓘ philosophy of art ⓘ tragedy ⓘ

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Referenced by (15)

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