Wittgenstein Reading

by Bru, Sascha Huemer, Wolfgang Steuer, Daniel

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Biographical note: Sascha Bru, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium; Daniel Steuer, University of Brighton, England; Wolfgang Huemer, Università di Parma, Italy. Main description: Wittgenstein took literature extremely seriously and did not consider it of secondary importance compared with philosophy. Still academic philosophy often shies away from the literary inflection of his philosophy. Wittgenstein Reading is the first book to portray Wittgenstein as a reader, providing detailed discus…

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Biographical note: Sascha Bru, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium; Daniel Steuer, University of Brighton, England; Wolfgang Huemer, Università di Parma, Italy.

Main description: Wittgenstein took literature extremely seriously and did not consider it of secondary importance compared with philosophy. Still academic philosophy often shies away from the literary inflection of his philosophy. Wittgenstein Reading is the first book to portray Wittgenstein as a reader, providing detailed discussions of his engagement with individual authors, such as Goethe, Shakespeare or Lewis Carroll. It thereby becomes an essential tool for the cultural contextualization of Wittgenstein's thought for both Wittgenstein scholars and scholars of literature.

Wittgenstein took literature extremely seriously and did not consider it of secondary importance. Still academic philosophy often shies away from the literary inflection of his philosophy. This is the first book to provide detailed discussions of his engagement with individual authors, such as Dostoevsky, Goethe, and Shakespeare. The book is essential for the cultural contextualization of for Wittgenstein scholars and scholars of literature

Wittgenstein took literature extremely seriously and did not consider it of secondary importance. Still academic philosophy often shies away from the literary inflection of his philosophy. This is the first book to provide detailed discussions of his engagement with individual authors, such as Dostoevsky, Goethe, and Shakespeare. The book is essential for the cultural contextualization of for Wittgenstein scholars and scholars of literature. Sascha Bru, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium; Daniel Steuer, University of Brighton, England; Wolfgang Huemer, University of Parma, Italy.

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Publication Date:2013

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Publisher(s):De Gruyter
Place of Publication:Berlin/Boston
Language:eng
Publication Date:2013

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ISBN:9783110294699, 3110294699, 9783110294620, 3110294621
DOI:10.1515/9783110294699
oclc:ocn880244284
LC Classification:B3376.W564 .W576 2013
Dewey Decimal:192

List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Being Lost and Finding Home: Philosophy, Confession, Recollection, and Conversion in Augustine's Confessions and Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations; The Character of a Name: Wittgenstein's Remarks on Shakespeare; To Not Understand, but Not Misunderstand: Wittgenstein on Shakespeare; Sense and Sententiousness: Wittgenstein, Milton, Shakespeare; Why the Tractatus, like the Old Testament, is "Nothing but a Book"; Wittgenstein Lights Lichtenberg's Candle: Flashlights of Enlightenment in Wittgenstein's Thought.

Trakl's Tone: Mood and the Distinctive Speech Act of the DemonstrativeThe Chimera of Language? Karl Kraus and Ludwig Wittgenstein; Well-Versed: Wittgenstein and Leavis Read Empson; The contributors of the volume; Index of Names.

Wittgenstein and Goethe: Getting Rid of "Sorge"Ludwig Wittgenstein and the Conservative Legacy of Johann Nepomuk Nestroy; Best Readings: Wittgenstein and Grillparzer; Wittgenstein's Reception of Wagner: Language, Music, and Culture; Ludwig Wittgenstein and Wilhelm Busch: "Humour is not a mood, but a 'Weltanschauung'"; Wittgenstein and Dostoevsky; Wittgenstein Re-Reading; The Significance of Dostoevsky (and …

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(Produktform)Electronic book text (VLB-WN)9526 (Zielgruppe)Fachpublikum/ Wissenschaft Aufsatzsammlung Carroll, Lewis Criticism, interpretation, etc Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von Leesen Literatur Literature Literature -- History And Criticism Literature -- Theory, etc Littérature -- Histoire et critique Philosophie Philosophy PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys Shakespeare, William Wittgenstein, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Ludwig; Literature; Philo…