The basic reading assignment is in Nietzsche's own works and is indicated in the schedule below. In addition, you may wish to read more widely. A list of other suggestions is included at the bottom of this page.
| Week | Day | Reading | Due |
| Jan 19-23 | Tu | Introduction/Orientation | |
| Nietzsche and Art: Richard Wagner | |||
| Th | The Birth of Tragedy, pp. 33-66 (sec 1-8) | ||
| Jan 26-30 | Tu | pp. 67-98 (sec 9-15) | |
| Th | pp. 99-130 (sec 16-21) | ||
| Feb 2-6 | Tu | pp. 131-144 (sec 22-25) and pp. 17-32 (Self-Criticism & Preface) | |
| Th | Untimely Meditations, IV, pp. 197-226 (sec 1-7) [Michael Lamkin on "Wagner and Bayreuth"] |
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| Feb 9-13 | Tu | pp. 227-254 (sec 8-11) | |
| Th | The Case of Wagner, pp. 155-180 | ||
| Nietzsche and Psychology: Lou Salome | |||
| Feb 16-20 | Tu | The Gay Science, pp. 71-118 (Book I) | |
| Th | pp. 119-164 (Book II) | Paper 1 | |
| Feb 23-27 | Tu | pp. 165-220 (Book III) | |
| Th | pp. 221-276 (Book IV) | ||
| Mar 2-6 | Tu | Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Part I, Prologue and sec 1-17 | |
| Th | Part I, sec 18-22, and Part II, sec 1-13 | ||
| Mar 9-13 | Tu | Part II, sec 14-22, and Part III, sec 1-6 | |
| Th | Part III, sec 7-16 | ||
| Mar 16-20 | Spring Vacation | ||
| Mar 23-27 | Tu | Beyond Good and Evil, pp. 7-42 | |
| Th | pp. 43-76 | ||
| Mar 30 - Apr 3 | Tu | pp. 95-118, 143-170 | |
| Th | pp. 199-237 | ||
| Nietzsche and Morality: Jesus, the Christ | |||
| Apr 6-10 | Tu | On the Genealogy of Morals, Part I | |
| Th | Part II | Paper 2 | |
| Apr 13-17 | Tu | Part III | |
| Th | Twilight of the Idols, pp. 21-66 (Forward - What .. Germans Lack) | ||
| Apr 20-24 | Tu | pp. 67-112 (Expeditions - The Hammer..) | |
| Th | The Anti-Christ, pp. 114-150 (sec 1-38) | ||
| Apr 27- May 1 | HMC Presentations Period | ||
| Th | pp. 151-187 (sec 39-62) | ||
| May 4-8 | Tu | Ecce Homo (read and enjoy) | |
| HMC Senior Finals and Reading Period | |||
| Finals Week | Term paper due on Thursday, May 14 (except for seniors) | ||
Wagner, My Life [SpRes]ML410 W125
Watson, Richard Wagner: A Biography ML410 W1 W38
Barzun, Darwin, Marx, Wagner CT105 B289
Wagner, Beethoven ML410 B398 W2
Wagner, Prose Works (8 vols) [DEN] ML410 W1 A127 v. 1-8. (Includes "Opera and Drama")
Fischer-Dieskau, Wagner and Nietzsche [UCR] ML410 W19 F563
Foerster-Nietzsche (ed.), The Wagner-Nietzsche Correspondence [SpRes]B3316 A35 1922X
Middleton (ed.), Selected Letters of Friedrich Nietzsche [STC] B3316 A293
Peters, My Sister, My Spouse [SpRes]PT2601 AN25 Z5 P4
Binion, Frau Lou [DEN] PT2601 N4 Z5 B5
Andreas-Salome, Friedrich Nietzsche in His Works [SpRes]B3317 A53613 1988
Andreas-Salome, Lebensruckblick (in German) PT2601 AN25 Z5
Peters, Zarathustra's Sister: The Case of Elizabeth and Friedrich Nietzsche B3316 P47 1976
Yalom, When Nietzsche Wept [SpRes]PS3575 A39 W47
Freud and Breuer, Studies on Hysteria (in German) BF173 B757
Freud, An Autobiographical Study BF173 F895 A2
Schacht (ed.), Nietzsche, Genealogy, Morality [SpRes]B3313 Z73 N54 1994
Schacht, Nietzsche [SpRes]B3317 S36 1983
Kaufmann, Nietzsche: Philosopher, Psychologist, Anti-Christ [SpRes]B3316 K162
Heidegger, Nietzsche, IV: Nihilism B3317 H3713 V.4
Magnus, Nietzsche's Existential Imperative [DEN] B3318 E88 M33
[SpRes]=Sprague reserve; [DEN]=Dennison; [STC]=School of Theology
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