The Making of Friedrich Nietzsche

"It would be difficult to imagine a better account of Nietzsche's early life. Blue's research - exemplary in scope and meticulous in rigor - is matched only by the fluidity of his prose. This will quickly become a standard resource for Nietzsche scholars."
Anthony K. Jensen, Providence College

"Daniel Blue's excellent new biography treats the formative years in the life of the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. Throughout this period, the author maintains, Nietzsche ‘became what he was' by writing and revising the story of his life, hoping thereby to gain some measure of control over the course of his future developments. Were we to appreciate the role of autobiography in Nietzsche's own process of self-formation, the author persuasively suggests, we would be likely to arrive at a much clearer, and more comprehensive, sense of the ideas and writings he produced. Scrupulously researched, thoughtfully crafted, clearly written, and eminently readable, this new book will appeal not only to scholars and students of German philosophy, but also to lovers of biography more generally. Blue's book makes an outstanding contribution to the secondary literature devoted to Nietzsche."
Daniel Conway, Texas A&M University