Nietzsche: A Very Short Introduction
Concise, accessible introduction to Nietzsche's life and thought.
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Michael Keith Tanner (1935–2024) was a British philosopher, Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and longtime opera critic for The Spectator. His published work focused on nineteenth-century German philosophy, aesthetics, and Richard Wagner's life and music dramas.
philosophyaestheticsmusic criticismopera criticismintellectual biography
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Broad survey of Wagner's life, operas, and musical ideas.
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Past Masters
Oxford University Press series of concise introductions to influential thinkers.
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Very Short Introductions
Oxford University Press series of concise introductions to major subjects and thinkers.
- 34 Nietzsche: A Very Short IntroductionAmazon ↗
Book 34 · nonfiction · 1987
book-series · completed
The Great Philosophers
Series of concise introductions to major philosophers for general readers.
- 1 Schopenhauer: Metaphysics and ArtAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1998
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