TY - BOOK AU - Nietzsche,Friedrich Wilhelm AU - Levy,Oscar AU - Kennedy,J.M. AU - Ludovici,Anthony M. TI - The Case of Wagner: Complete Works, Volume 8 AV - BML PY - 2016/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883 N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Case_of_Wagner; Release date is 2016-05-27; The case of Wagner -- Nietzsche contra Wagner -- Selected aphorisms -- We philologists; Produced by Marc D'Hooghe (Images generously made available by the Hathi Trust.); Original publication data not identified N2 - "The Case of Wagner" by Friedrich Nietzsche is a book published in 1888. Subtitled "A Musician's Problem," it marks Nietzsche's dramatic break with composer Richard Wagner, whom he once admired. Nietzsche critiques Wagner's involvement with nationalism and antisemitism, while presenting him as a symptom of a broader European disease: nihilism. The work showcases Nietzsche's skills as a music critic and explores art's relationship to humanity's future health, standing in sharp contrast to his earlier praise of Wagner. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/52166 ER -