Description
| Product ID: | 9781782277286 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Nietzsche in Italy |
| Authors: | Author: Guy de Pourtales, Will Stone |
| Page Count: | 128 |
| Subjects: | Biography: historical, political and military, Biography: historical, political & military, Biography: writers, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Biography: literary, History of Western philosophy |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating For fifteen years, after his first visit to the country in1876, Nietzsche was repeatedly and irresistibly drawn back to Italy's climate and lifestyle. It was there that he composed his most famous works, including Thus Spake Zarathustra and Ecce Homo. This classic biography follows the troubled philosopher from Rome, to Florence, via Venice, Sorrento, Genoa, Sicily and finally to the tragic denouement in Turin, the city in which Nietzsche found a final measure of contentment before his irretrievable collapse. Endlessly fascinating and highly readable, Nietzsche in Italy will enthral anyone interested in Nietzsche's relationship with the country that enriched his soul more than any other. A fascinating classic account of Nietzsche''s travels in Italy at the end of the nineteenth century, where he found inspiration for his major works First published in 1929, Nietzsche in Italy has never been out of print in France but has never been translated into English until now. Endlessly fascinating and highly readable, Nietzsche in Italy will enthrall anyone interested in Nietzsche''s relationship with the country that enriched his soul more than any other. For fifteen years, after his first visit to the country in 1876, Nietzsche was repeatedly and irresistibly drawn back to Italy''s climate and lifestyle. It was there that he composed his most famous works, including Thus Spake Zarathustra and Ecce Homo. This classic biography follows the troubled philosopher from Rome, to Florence, via Venice, Sorrento, Genoa, Sicily and finally to the tragic denouement in Turin, the city in which Nietzsche found a final measure of contentment before his irretrievable collapse. |
| Imprint Name: | Pushkin Press |
| Publisher Name: | Pushkin Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-07-28 |