Publisher's Synopsis
The study demonstrates how Nietzsche influenced literature and how his themes were translated into literature. This is documented by texts about Robert Musil, Stefan George, Ludwig Klages, Rainer-Maria Rilke, Heimito von Doderer, Else Lasker-Schuler, Hermann Broch, and also about more recent writers: Berthold Brecht, Thomas Bernhard, Heiner Muller, Martin Walser and Durs Grunbein.