[Hardy-l] TH and Nietzsche

[Betty Cortus]

Dear Marc,
There is a rather comprehensive article on Hardy and Nietzsche in The  
Oxford Reader's Companion to Hardy, ed. Norman Page,  (2000), which  
begins:

"Whereas Hardy may have felt some interest in Nietzsche's criticism  
of Christianity and views on tragedy and aesthetics, his overall  
attitude to the German philosopher was negative."

The article goes on to cite several of Hardy's references to N in the  
Letters, and in The Literary Notebooks, which were  negative indeed.   
It also cites two critical articles,  M. May,  Nietzsche  and the  
Spirit of Tragedy, (1990), and Eugene Williamson  "Thomas Hardy and  
Nietzsche: The Reasons", Comparative Literature Studies (1978).

Hoping you are able to follow through and access some of these  
materials.  The Oxford P. article alone should give you some  
interesting insights.

All the Best,

Betty Cortus
bcortus at hardy-l.com





On Jan 14, 2008, at 10:44 AM, Marc Jolley wrote:

> I am new to the TH list and am intrigued with the connections  
> between TH and
> Nietzsche.
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