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''My Sister and I'' is an apocryphal work attributed to German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. Following Nietzsche scholar Walter Kaufmann, most consider the work to be a literary forgery,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=amok books: catalog: ''My Sister and I'' )〕 although a small minority argues for the book's authenticity.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''Nietzsche – My Sister and I: A Critical Study'' (book) by Walter K. Stewart on AuthorsDen )〕 It was supposedly written in 1889 or early 1890 during Nietzsche's stay in a mental asylum in the Thuringian city of Jena. If legitimate, ''My Sister and I'' would be Nietzsche's second autobiographical and final overall work, chronologically following his ''Wahnbriefe'' (''Madness Letters''), written during his extended time of mental collapse. ''My Sister and I'' makes several bold and otherwise unreported biographical claims, most notably of an incestuous relationship between Nietzsche and his sister Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche, as well as an affair with Richard Wagner's wife Cosima. It is written in a style that combines anecdote and aphorism in a manner similar to other Nietzsche works. ==History== ''My Sister and I'' was first published in 1951 by Boar's Head Books and distributed by Seven Sirens Press in New York City. Along with Nietzsche's authorship attribution, the translation from German was credited to noted early Nietzsche scholar Oscar Levy. The book was tied quickly to controversial publisher Samuel Roth, the putative owner of Seven Sirens, who had spent jail time for the unlawful distribution of a version of James Joyce's ''Ulysses'' (1922).〔 In the book's introduction, an anonymous publisher claimed to have received the manuscript from a fellow inmate of Nietzsche's in Jena and to have hired Levy to translate the work only to have both German and English manuscripts confiscated, with only the latter surviving. In a response letter, Levy's daughter vehemently denied her father's involvement with ''My Sister and I''.〔 Kaufmann claimed in a footnote in his ''Nietzsche: Philosopher, Psychologist, Antichrist'' (first published 1950) to have received a ghostwriting confession from minor author David George Plotkin in 1965.〔Kaufmann, Walter. ''Nietzsche: Philosopher, Psychologist, Antichrist''. Princeton University Press, 2013, p. 503.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「My Sister and I (Nietzsche)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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