Selected Letters of Friedrich Nietzsche

This collection of more than two hundred of Nietzsche's letters offers a representative body of correspondence on subjects of main concern to him--philosophy, history, morals, music and literature. Also included are letters of biographical interest which, in Middleton's words, mark the stresses and turnings of his life. Among the addressees are Richard Wagner, Erwin Rohde, Jacob Burkhardt, Lou Salome, his mother, and his sister Elisabeth. The annihilating split in Nietzsche's personality that has been associated with his collapse on a street in Turin in 1889 is described in a moving letter from Franz Overbeck which forms the Epilogue. Title Page 1 Copyright 2 Preface by Oscar Levy 3 Notes on Nietzsche's Correspondents 9 Selected Letters 13 1856 15 1859 16 1862 18 1863 21 1864 24 1865 27 1866 35 1867 39 1868 49 1869 68 1870 75 1872 90 1873 102 1874 107 1875 115 1876 123 1877 126 1878 129 1879 131 1880 141 1881 147 1882 157 1883 162 1884 186 1885 188 1886 192 1887 200 1888 226 1889 273 1872 275 1873 284 1875 287 1882 289 1887 291 1888 311