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Tribschen – początki burzliwej przyjaźni. Nietzsche vs. Wagner
Tribschen - the beginning of a tumultuous friendship. Nietzsche vs. Wagner

Author(s): Małgorzata Choczaj
Subject(s): Music, Existentialism, Sociology of Art
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Richard Wagner; Friedrich Nietzsche; The Birth of Tragedy; Tribschen;

Summary/Abstract: This text is an analysis of a relationship between two outstanding minds of modernist period. The relationship significantly influenced personality and development of the author of The Birth of Tragedy. The main part of the disquisition focuses on Nietzsche’s complex personality which gets revealed not only in his relationship with Wagner but also in his way of thinking and style of writing, which is still a challenge for most readers.

  • Issue Year: 8/2011
  • Issue No: 15-16
  • Page Range: 210-218
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Polish