1st Edition

Wittgenstein's Novels

By Martin Klebes Copyright 2007
316 Pages
by Routledge

314 Pages
by Routledge

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 offers readings of the work of Thomas Bernhard, W.G. Sebald, Jacques Roubaud, and... Read more

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

Biography

Martin Klebes is Associate Professor of German at the University of Oregon.