Publication

1996 - State University of New York Press, Albany, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

91,000 words, Guess

Page Count

364 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • LibraryThing1140029
  • Goodreads3928294

Classifications

  • DDC813/.54
  • LCCPS3561.R423 N54 1996

Description

Krell offers a fictional account of the last ten years of Nietzsche's life, the years of his paralysis and madness. Nietzsche's regression during those years, from one of Europe's leading intellectual lights to a passive mascot for his sister's "Nietzsche Archive," provides the frame for a narrative of his entire life. The author uses all the available medical documentation and the entire collection of works and letters in order to paint his portrait. While Nietzsche has been the object of several attempts at fictional biography, no attempt to date has been based on such careful research: even the highest flights of imagination in this work are based on scrupulous reading and reflection.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • SUNY series in contemporary continental philosophy

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