JOURNAL ARTICLE

Biofictional Nietzsche among the Biofictionalists.

  • Published In: Philosophy & Literature, 2024, v. 48, n. 1. P. 215 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Lackey, Michael 3 of 3

Abstract

Friedrich Nietzsche is the protagonist of many novels, but for authors of biofictions of the German iconoclast, their Nietzsche is not supposed to be seen as the real Nietzsche. Following Nietzsche's method in Thus Spoke Zarathustra , which is an early and vitally important biofiction, authors of biofiction about Nietzsche use the life of the German philologist to give readers themselves. By analyzing and interpreting Thus Spoke Zarathustra as a biofiction, I show how authors of Nietzsche biofictions fictionalize and metaphorize, rather than represent, the life of Nietzsche in order to project into existence their own vision of life and the world. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Philosophy & Literature. 2024/04, Vol. 48, Issue 1, p215
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:History
  • Publication Date:2024
  • ISSN:0190-0013
  • DOI:10.1353/phl.2024.a930339
  • Accession Number:178140217
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