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Walter Muschg
The Tragic Literary History
Published by Diogenes as Tragische Literaturgeschichte
Original Title: Tragische Literaturgeschichte
A book that was a sensation when it was published. A literary history that is unique because it is tracing literature back to its tragic origins and answers the question: what makes a man become an artist? Numerous examples from world literature make up this gallery of brilliant minds and their works against the background of their personal tragedies.
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History, Current Affairs
752 pages
2006

978-3-257-06531-2
Walter
Muschg
Walter Muschg was born in 1898 in Zurich-Witikon. After completing a degree in German he became professor for German Literary History in Basel. His students, among them Max Frisch and Urs Widmer, revered him as an exceptional teacher. Walter Muschg died in Basel in 1965.
Photo: Mit freundlicher Genehmigung der Universitätsbibliothek Basel
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Photo of Walter Muschg, Mit freundlicher Genehmigung der Universitätsbibliothek Basel

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Die Welt, Berlin
»One of the most essential books ever to have been published.«
Stuttgarter Zeitung
»A work that will endure.«