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Analyzing features of Wittgenstein's philosophical work and including in-depth textual analyses, this study investigates the impact of Ludwig Wittgenstein's work on contemporary German and French novelists. Drawing upon aesthetics, architectural history, philosophy of science, and photography, the book seeks to explain why references both to Wittgenstein as a person, as well as to his work are more pervasive than other equally renowned twentieth century philosophers and asks why some authors such as Händler and Roubaud, are less well-known and only partially translated into English.

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Author:   Martin Klebes (University of New Mexico, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   annotated edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.740kg
ISBN:  

9780415975223

ISBN 10:   0415975220
Pages:   314
Publication Date:   25 July 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1. The Curse of Wittgenstein’s Prose 2. Thomas Bernhard: Überschriften 3. W.G. Sebald: Family Resemblances and the Blurred Images of History 4. Jacques Roubaud: Projecting Memory 5. Ernst-Wilhelm Händler: Klärungswerk and Textual Pollution Notes Bibliography Index

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Martin Klebes is currently Assistant Professor of German at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. He is also the translator of Ernst-Wilhelm Händler’s City with Houses (Northwestern University Press, 2002), and the co-translator of Hannah Arendt: Reflections on Literature and Culture, ed. Susannah Young-ah Gottlieb (Stanford University Press, 2006).

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