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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-101108833217

ISBN-139781108833219

eBay Product ID (ePID)25057237242

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Book TitleWittgenstein and Literary Studies

Number of Pages350 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2023

TopicGeneral, Semiotics & Theory

IllustratorYes

GenreLiterary Criticism, Philosophy

AuthorJohn Gibson

Book SeriesCambridge Studies in Literature and Philosophy Ser.

FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.7 in

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.3 in

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LCCN2022-017658

Dewey Edition23/eng/20220705

Dewey Decimal192

Table Of ContentIntroduction Robert Chodat and John Gibson; 1. Writing after Wittgenstein Michael LeMahieu; 2. A Wittgensteinian phenomenology of criticism Toril Moi; 3. Appreciating material: criticism, science, and the very idea of method Robert Chodat; 4. A vision of language for literary historians: forms of life, context, use Sarah Beckwith; 5. Wittgenstein and the prospects for a contemporary literary humanism Espen Hammer; 6. Storied thoughts: Wittgenstein and the reaches of fiction Magdalena Ostas; 7. Wittgenstein and lyric Hannah Vandegrift Eldridge; 8. Life, logic, style: on late Wittgenstein Henry Pickford; 9. Wittgenstein's apocalyptic subjectivity Benjamin Ware.

SynopsisWittgenstein is often regarded as the most important philosopher of the twentieth century, and in recent decades, his work has begun to play a prominent role in literary studies, particularly in debates over language, interpretation, and critical judgment. Wittgenstein and Literary Studies solidifies this critical movement, assembling recent critics and philosophers who understand Wittgenstein as a counterweight to longstanding tendencies in both literary studies and philosophical aesthetics. The essays here cover a wide range of topics. Why have contemporary writers been so drawn to Wittgenstein? What is a Wittgensteinian response to New Historicism, Post-Critique, and other major critical movements? How does Wittgenstein help us understand the nature of style, fiction, poetry, and the link between ethics and aesthetics? As the volume makes clear, Wittgenstein's work provides a rare bridge between professional philosophy and literary studies, offering us a way out of entrenched positions and their denials-what Wittgenstein himself called 'pictures' 'that held us captive.', Providing a rare bridge between professional philosophy and literary studies, this book focuses on topics central to both fields: interpretation, reading, and critical judgment; the relationship between literary texts and history; the ethical dimensions of artworks; the nature of style, fiction, and poetry.

LC Classification NumberB3376.W564W521346