Birth of Tragedy

It was called "e;The Birth of Tragedy from the Spirit of Music."e; In a preface, subsequently published, the author, whose style had in the mean time undergone a complete transformation, bids us observe that "e;behind this questionable book lay a problem of the first rank and enticement, but likewise a deep personal interest."e; Certain is it that in "e;The Birth of Tragedy"e; we may discern "e;that unbodied figure of the thought, which gave it surmised shape."e;... Nietzsche's grasp of the whole Greek literature is masterly. But even more remarkable is the insight which leads him to deal with it as a symbol and expression of that complex world which we know as the life of the Greeks.-From the Quarterly Review, 1896.