Since first publication in 1952, The Disinherited Mind has been in continuous demand, recognized as a work whose significance extends far beyond the subject of German letters. The noted critic and poet Edwin Muir has written of it, "The condition it describes is our condition, and I can think of no other modem book in which it is described so clearly." The unifying theme is the sense of values embodied in the works of key German poets, writers, and thinkers from Goethe to Kafka, particularly the consciousness of life's ...
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Since first publication in 1952, The Disinherited Mind has been in continuous demand, recognized as a work whose significance extends far beyond the subject of German letters. The noted critic and poet Edwin Muir has written of it, "The condition it describes is our condition, and I can think of no other modem book in which it is described so clearly." The unifying theme is the sense of values embodied in the works of key German poets, writers, and thinkers from Goethe to Kafka, particularly the consciousness of life's deprecation. While earlier poets and philosophers were preoccupied with the marvelous, Professor Heller writes, their modem successors try desperately to ward off "the predominance of the prosaic." He deals with this problem most directly in the central essay, "Rilke and Nietzsche." Other essays discuss Goethe's Faust, his opposition to Newtonian science, Burckhardt's philosophy of history, Kafka's The Castle, Spengler's historical imagination, and Karl Kraus's satire. To this expanded edition Professor Heller has added a new preface and two essays that belong thematically -- one discussing Nietzsche's effect on Yeats, and the second, the metamorphoses in Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra.
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Minor rubbing. VG. In a rubbed, faded & soiled dustwrapper., dustwrapper. 21x13cm, xiv, 306 pp. Contents: Goethe & the Idea of Scientific Truth; Goethe & the Avoidance of Tragedy; Burckhardt & Nietzsche; Nietzsche & Goethe; Rilke & Nietzsche, with a Discourse on Thought, Belief & Poetry; Oswald Spengler & the Predicament of the HistoricaI Imagination; The World of Franz Kafka; Karl Kraus: The Last Days of Mankind; The Hazard of Modern Poetry.
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Fine. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 384 p. In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.
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Good. Philadelphia: Dufour & Saifer, 1952. 1st U.S. edition. 8vo. xiii, 209pp. Good book. Good dust jacket. Dust jacket browned on spine and top edge; edges are chipped, tears on front joints. Minor wear to spine and boards. Pencil notes and underlinings in text, mostly in first half of book. Inquire if you need further information.