Dithyrambs of Dionysus - Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

In its completed form, Dithyrambs of Dionysus was Nietzsche's last book. The nine poems of this cycle were composed during 1883-8 and assembled for publication shortly before his breakdown in 1889. They represent the ultimate visionary poetic style which he developed in the years after Thus Spake Zarathustra and form a coda to his life's work.

The late Reg Hollingdale, a Nietzsche expert who translated much of the philosopher's writing, provides a fascinating and authoritative introduction to his facing-text translations.