TY - BOOK AU - Nietzsche,Friedrich Wilhelm TI - The Case of Wagner, Nietzsche Contra Wagner, and Selected Aphorisms AV - BMPT PY - 2008/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Essays KW - Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883 KW - Music -- History and criticism KW - Literature -- Collections N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Case_of_Wagner; Release date is 2008-04-07; Original publication data not identified N2 - "The Case of Wagner, Nietzsche Contra Wagner, and Selected Aphorisms" by Friedrich Nietzsche is a collection published in 1888. This provocative work marks Nietzsche's dramatic break with composer Richard Wagner, critiquing his music and political entanglements. Nietzsche presents Wagner as a symptom of Europe's broader affliction: nihilism. The philosopher showcases his music criticism while exploring art's relationship to humanity's future. This stands in sharp contrast to Nietzsche's earlier praise of Wagner, revealing an intellectual rupture that consumed his final creative years. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25012 ER -