Wittgenstein Reading

Published by De Gruyter 2013

Wittgenstein Reading

Edited by: Sascha Bru , Wolfgang Huemer and Daniel Steuer

Volume 2 in the series On Wittgenstein

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110294699

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Wittgenstein's thought is reflected in his reading and reception of other authors. Wittgenstein Reading approaches the moment of literature as a vehicle of self-reflection for Wittgenstein. What sounds, on the surface, like criticism (e.g. of Shakespeare) can equally be understood as a simple registration of Wittgenstein's own reaction, hence a piece of self-diagnosis or self-analysis.

The book brings a representative sample of authors, from Shakespeare, Goethe, or Dostoyevsky to some that have received far less attention in Wittgenstein scholarship like Kleist, Lessing, or Wilhelm Busch and Johann Nepomuk Nestroy. Furthermore, the volume offers means for the cultural contextualization of Wittgenstein's thoughts.

Unique to this book is its internal design. The editors' introduction sets the scene with regards to both biography and theory, while each of the subsequent chapters takes a quotation from Wittgenstein on a particular author as its point of departure for developing a more specific theme relating to the writer in question. This format serves to avoid the well-trodden paths of discussions on the relationship between philosophy and literature, allowing for unconventional observations to be made. Furthermore, the volume offers means for the cultural contextualization of Wittgenstein's thoughts.

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Sascha Bru, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium; Daniel Steuer, University of Brighton, England; Wolfgang Huemer, University of Parma, Italy.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Introduction Daniel Steuer, Sascha Bru and Wolfgang Huemer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Being Lost and Finding Home: Philosophy, Confession, Recollection, and Conversion in Augustine’s Confessions and Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations Steven G. Affeldt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	5
The Character of a Name: Wittgenstein’s Remarks on Shakespeare Wolfgang Huemer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
To Not Understand, but Not Misunderstand: Wittgenstein on Shakespeare William Day Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
Sense and Sententiousness: Wittgenstein, Milton, Shakespeare Julian Lamb Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
Why the Tractatus, like the Old Testament, is “Nothing but a Book” K. L. Evans Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
Wittgenstein Lights Lichtenberg’s Candle: Flashlights of Enlightenment in Wittgenstein’s Thought Elisabeth Van Dam Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
Wittgenstein and Goethe: Getting Rid of “Sorge” Daniel Steuer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
Ludwig Wittgenstein and the Conservative Legacy of Johann Nepomuk Nestroy Andrew Barker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
Best Readings: Wittgenstein and Grillparzer Steven Burns Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
Wittgenstein’s Reception of Wagner: Language, Music, and Culture Béla Szabados Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
Ludwig Wittgenstein and Wilhelm Busch: “Humour is not a mood, but a ‘Weltanschauung’” Josef G. F. Rothhaupt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
Wittgenstein and Dostoevsky Brian McGuinness Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
Wittgenstein Re-Reading Garry L. Hagberg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
The Significance of Dostoevsky (and Ludwig Anzengruber) for Wittgenstein Ilse Somavilla Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263
A Remarkable Fact: Wittgenstein Reading Tolstoy Paul Davies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	289
Note to Self: Learn to Write Autobiographical Remarks from Wittgenstein David LaRocca Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	319
Wittgenstein Reads Kürnberger Wolfgang Kienzler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	335
Trakl’s Tone: Mood and the Distinctive Speech Act of the Demonstrative Charles Altieri and Sascha Bru Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	355
The Chimera of Language? Karl Kraus and Ludwig Wittgenstein António Sousa Ribeiro Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	373
Well-Versed: Wittgenstein and Leavis Read Empson Helen Thaventhiran Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	389
The contributors of the volume Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	403
Index of Names Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	409

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics, Institutes, Libraries
Pages
- Front matter: 10
- Main content: 414
Keywords: Wittgenstein; Ludwig; Literature; Philosophy; Shakespeare; William; Goethe; Johann Wolfgang von; Carroll; Lewis

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Published: October 29, 2013
ISBN: 9783110294699

Hardcover

Published: October 17, 2013
ISBN: 9783110294620