Ellis argues that literature is not only art but also the expression of personalities, and so may fairly raise questions of life and morals. He tests the idea in long essays on Nietzsche, Casanova, Zola and Huysmans, and on St Francis and others, reading each writer as a way of affirming a philosophy of living.
An 1898 book of criticism that helped introduce Nietzsche to English readers. Download the free EPUB.