Comic Relief : Nietzsche's Gay Science.
Title:
Comic Relief : Nietzsche's Gay Science.
Author:
Higgins, Kathleen Marie.
ISBN:
9780195352023
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (264 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- ONE: Frolicking Wissenschaft -- TWO: Nietzsche's Nursery Rhymes -- Interlude 1: Nietzsche in the Movies -- THREE: Aesthetic Perspectivism -- Interlude 2: Why Not Call It "Deconstruction"? -- FOUR: Woman, All-Too-Woman? -- Interlude 3: A Fool's Cap, Above All -- FIVE: God Is Dead -- Interlude 4: Become Who You Are -- SIX: Eternal Recurrence: Not Again! -- SEVEN: Zarathustra Lives -- Coda: Nietzsche's Dog -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
This book offers a lively and unorthodox analysis of Nietzsche by examining a neglected aspect of his scholarly personality--his sense of humor. While often thought of as ponderous and melancholy, the Nietzsche of Higgins's study is a surprisingly subtle and light-hearted writer. She presents a close reading of The Gay Science to show how the numerous literary risks that Nietzsche takes reveal humor to be central to his project. Higgins argues that his use of humor is intended to dislodge readers from their usual, somber detachment and to incite imaginative thinking.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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