UID:
almahu_9949068642202882
Format:
1 online resource (316 p.)
ISBN:
9786611243937
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9781135487959
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1135487952
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9781135487881
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113548788X
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9781281243935
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1281243930
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9780203959152
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0203959159
Series Statement:
Studies in philosophy
Content:
In this book Martin Klebes investigates the impact of Ludwig Wittgenstein's philosophical work on four contemporary German and French novelists. Literary references both to Wittgenstein as a person, as well as to his work, are much more pervasive than to other equally well-known 20th-century philosophers, and this study seeks to explain why, and to what end. Individual chapters are devoted to an analysis of the role of writing in Wittgenstein's writings, as well as to the literary work of Thomas Bernhard, W.G. Sebald, Jacques Roubaud, and Ernst-Wilhelm Händler. Klebes' readings are situated in
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Front cover; Contents; List of Figures; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1. The Curse of Wittgenstein's Prose; Chapter 2. Thomas Bernhard: Überschriften; Chapter 3. W.G. Sebald: Family Resemblances and the Blurred Images of History; Chapter 4. Jacques Roubaud: Projecting Memory; Chapter 5. Ernst-Wilhelm Händler: Klärungswerk and Textual Pollution; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back cover
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-97522-0
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-53595-6
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
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Electronic books
DOI:
10.4324/9780203959152
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