COMIC RELIEF by Kathleen Marie Higgins ( 9780195126914 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

Item Details

Title:

COMIC RELIEF
NIETZSCHE'S GAY SCIENCE

By:

Kathleen Marie Higgins

Format:

Hardback

List price:

£147.50

Our price:

£129.06

Discount:

12.5% off

You save:

£18.44

ISBN 10:

0195126912

ISBN 13:

9780195126914

Availability:

Usually dispatched within 1-3 weeks.

Delivery rates

Stock:

Currently 0 available

Publisher:

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS INC

Pub. date:

1 November, 1999

Pages:

264

Description:

This book offers a lively and unorthodox analysis of Nietzsche by examining a neglected aspect of his scholarly personality - his sense of humour. 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 thenumerous literary risks that Nietzsche takes reveal humour to be central to his project. Higgins argues that his use of humour is intended to dislodge readers from their usual somber detachment and to incite imaginative thinking.

Synopsis:

This book offers a lively and unorthodox analysis of Nietzsche by examining a neglected aspect of his scholarly personality - his sense of humour. 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 humour to be central to his project. Higgins argues that his use of humour is intended to dislodge readers from their usual somber detachment and to incite imaginative thinking.

Publication:

Imprint:

Oxford University Press Inc

Returns:

Returnable

Some other items by this author:

A COMPANION TO AESTHETICS