From Shakespeare to Existentialism: Essays on Shakespeare and Goethe; Hegel and Kierkegaard; Nietzsche, Rilke, and Freud; Jaspers, Heidegger, and Toynbee
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Publishing Details
From Shakespeare to Existentialism: Essays on Shakespeare and Goethe; Hegel and Kierkegaard; Nietzsche, Rilke, and Freud; Jaspers, Heidegger, and Toynbee
By (Author) Walter A. Kaufmann
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
30th September 1980
United States
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Literary studies: plays and playwrights
Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800
190
Physical Properties
Paperback
480
Width 140mm, Height 216mm
595g
Description
A companion volume to his Critique of Religion and Philosophy, this book offers Walter Kaufmann's critical interpretations of some of the great minds in Western philosophy, religion, and literature.
Reviews
"[It] is critics like Mr. Kaufmann who often prove the most stimulating to read the most memorable in their effect."--The Observer
Author Bio
Walter Kaufmann (19211980) was the Stuart Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University, where he taught for more than thirty years. His many books include Nietzsche: Philosopher, Psychologist, Antichrist and Critique of Religion and Philosophy (both Princeton).
