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Nietzsche: A Selected Annotated Bibliography Thus Spoke ZarathustraFor Mazzino Montinari, editor of the complete critical edition of the works of Nietzsche and the leading scholar of the Nachlass, “[Nietzsche’s] notebooks from autumn 1882 to winter 1884-85 constitute the absolute necessary supplementary background of the four parts of Thus Spoke Zarathustra. Better than does any commentary to this work, the Zarathustra fragments and plans elucidate Nietzsche ’s intentions…” 26 Heidegger, Martin. “Who is Nietzsche’s Zarathustra?” trans. Bernd Magnus, in The New Nietzsche: Contemporary Styles of Interpretation, ed. David B. Allison. (New York: Dell, 1977), 64-79. JFD 80-1009 For Heidegger, the doctrine of the eternal return is the path to the übermensch and a life free from the spirit of revenge. Higgins, Kathleen Marie. Nietzsche’s Zarathustra. (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1987). JFD 88-149 Although Nietzsche considered Thus Spoke Zarathustra his most important work, many scholars believe it has little philosophical importance. Higgins challenges this in a reading that focuses on its literary structure, seeing parody (of both the Platonic dialogues and the New Testament), tragedy, and Bildungsroman as literary models that operate throughout the book. Lampert, Laurence. Nietzsche’s Teaching: An Interpretation of Thus Spoke Zarathustra. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1986). JFE 87-2277 Considered the best commentary on Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Lampert provides a detailed, chapter by chapter, analysis. Lampert wants also to demonstrate that Zarathustra is central to understanding all of Nietzsche’s philosophy. ------------------- 26. Mazzino Montinari. Reading Nietzsche. (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2003) 8.
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