Nietzsche: A Selected Annotated Bibliography

Nietzsche’s Published Works in English

The following are English translations of books that Nietzsche published or intended to publish.  It does not list all the English translations of Nietzsche.

Complete Works.  ed. Oscar Levy.  (New York: Russell & Russell, 1964)  D-1 2617

Walter Kaufmann wrote, “ These translations…are thoroughly unreliable.  None of the translators were philosophers, few were scholars…” Nietzsche: Philosopher, Psychologist, Antichrist, p. 486.

Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche. ed.  Bernd Magnus.  (20 vols., (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1995 onwards).

Three volumes have appeared to date in what will be the first complete, critical, and annotated English translation of all of Nietzsche’s published work and selected notebooks.  This will correspond with the Kritische Studienausgabe (KSA), which is a shorten version of Kritische Gesamtausgabe: Werke.

The Antichrist (Der Antichrist, 1888).  trans. Walter Kaufmann in The Portable Nietzsche (New York: Penguin, 1982).  JFD 02-3631

Beyond Good and Evil (Jenseits von Gut und Böse, 1886).  trans. Walter Kaufmann. (New York: Vintage, 1966).   JFD 00-11292

Birth of Tragedy (Die Geburt der Tragödie, 1872). trans. Walter Kaufmann.  (New York: Vintage, 1966).  JFC 00-1638

The Case of Wagner (Der Fall Wagner, 1888).  trans. Walter Kaufmann, with The Birth of Tragedy (New York: Vintage, 1966).  JFC 00-1638

David Strauss, the Confessor and the Writer (David Strauss der Bekenner und der Schriftsteller, 1873).  trans. R.J. Hollingdale in Untimely Meditations (Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1983).  JFD 84-1883

Daybreak: Thoughts on the Prejudices of Morality (Morganröthe, 1881).  trans. R.J. Hollingdale.  (Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1982). JFD 83-3580

Dithyrambs of Dionysus (Dionysos-Dithyramben, 1892).  Bilingual ed., trans. R.J. Hollingdale. (London: Anvil Press Poetry, 1984).  JFL 79-247 no. 16     

Ecce Homo (Ecce Homo, completed 1888, first published 1908) with On the Genealogy of Morals. (New York: Vintage, 1967). trans. Walter Kaufmann and R.J. Hollingdale (New York: Penguin, 1979).  JFD 00-19363

The Gay Science (Die fröhliche Wissenschaft, Books I-IV, 1882; second edition with preface and Book V, 1887).  trans. Walter Kaufmann.  (New York: Vintage, 1974). JFD 74-7467

Human, All Too Human (Menschliches, Allzumenschliches, first volume, 1878; first part of second volume Assorted Opinions and Maxims, 1879; second part of second volume, The Wanderer and His Shadow, 1880).  trans. R.J. Hollingdale. 2 vols. in 1, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986).  JFD 86-8517

Nietzsche contra Wagner (Nietzsche contra Wagner, completed 1888, first published 1895).  trans. Walter Kaufmann in The Portable Nietzsche.  JFD 02-3631

On the Genealogy of Morals (Zur Genealogie der Moral, 1887). trans. Walter Kaufmann and R.J. Hollingdale. (New York: Vintage, 1967).  JFD 00-19363

On the Uses and Disadvantages of History for Life (Von Nutzen und Nachteil der Historie für das Leben, 1874).  trans. R.J. Hollingdale in Untimely Meditations (Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1983).  JFD 84-1883

Richard Wagner in Bayreuth (Richard Wagner in Bayreuth, 1876). trans. R.J. Hollingdale in Untimely Meditations.  JFD 84-1883

Schopenhauer as Educator (Schopenhauer als Erzeiher, 1874).  trans. R.J. Hollingdale in Untimely Meditations   JFD 84-1883

Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Also Sprach Zarathustra, Parts I and II, 1883; Part III, 1884; Part IV, 1885).  trans. Walter Kaufmann. in The Portable Nietzsche.  JFD 02-3631

Twilight of the Idols (Götzen-Dämmerung, 1889).  trans. Walter Kaufmann in The Portable Nietzsche.  JFD 02-3631

Untimely Meditations (Unzeitgemässe Betrachtungen, 1873-76).  trans. R.J. Hollingdale (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983).  JFD 84-1883