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how was Nietzsche rescued from obscurity so quickly?

hello! I was reading *A Painful Case* by James Joyce, and noticed that Nietzsche's books/philosophy feature heavily in the story's underlying themes. (an Irish clerk owns several of Nietzsche's books in translation in the story.) Joyce would've written this story between 1904-1907. similarly, *Thus Spake Zarathustra* pops up again and again and again in *Ulysses,* which is set in 1904. I was under the impression that Nietzsche died unknown and unread in 1900. how was Nietzsche's philosophy able to travel to Ireland so quickly after his death? especially when the man went insane in '89?
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Nietzsche was, as you say, 'unknown and unread' before his mental collapse in 89. In a bit of tragic irony, however, he didn't die that way at all - in the 11 years between then and his death he actually did become celebrated and well-known, if not always for the right reasons. Apparently people came from far and wide to visit him even in his illness as if he were some sort of attraction, and his sister was all too happy to encourage them. So there would have been plenty of time for his work to make it to Ireland and become known there.