On the Use of History for Life in Nietzsche's Thus Spake Zarathustra and Pirandello's Henry IV.

The article presents a discussion on the use of history for life in Friedrich Nietzsche's "Thus Spake Zarathustra" and Luigi Pirandello's "Henry IV." According to the author, the readily discernible affinity between Nietzsche and Pirandello's vision of the world is based on an insight central to mod...

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Publicado en:Philological Quarterly Vol. 90; no. 4; pp. 445 - 463
Autor principal: Cauchi, Francesca
Formato: Literary Criticism
Publicado: Department of English, University of Iowa Fall2011
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Sumario:The article presents a discussion on the use of history for life in Friedrich Nietzsche's "Thus Spake Zarathustra" and Luigi Pirandello's "Henry IV." According to the author, the readily discernible affinity between Nietzsche and Pirandello's vision of the world is based on an insight central to modern philosophy. The author adds that Pirandello viewed logic as an infernal contraption that reduced the feeling of life to cold empty constructs.