Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Tables vii
4. Prologue: When in Weimar ix
5. Acknowledgments xv
6. Abbreviations xix
7. Introduction — Elements of Style: Nietzsche’s Aesthetic Legacy 1
8. 1 A Shooting Star: Nietzsche, Profession, and Vocation 23
9. 2 Against Opera: A War on Entertainment 43
10. 3 Nuts and Bolts: Inside the Factory of Schola 62
11. 4 The Individualist: On Becoming Who You Are 81
12. 5 A Portrait of the Philosopher as Artist 97
13. 6 His Best Prose: Nietzsche’s Prefaces 115
14. 7 An Unlikely Hero: Nietzsche’s Dashes 134
15. Epilogue — Aesthetic Reception: On Reading and Curating Nietzsche 150
16. A Very Short Chronology 165
17. Notes 169
18. Bibliography 199
19. Index 215