Wittgenstein's Ladder: Poetic Language and the Strangeness of the Ordinary

Wittgenstein's Ladder: Poetic Language and the Strangeness of the Ordinary

by M Perloff (Author)

Synopsis

Marjorie Perloff, critic of 20th-century poetry, argues that Wittgenstein speaks to poets because he provides a way out of the impasse of high versus low discourse, demonstrating the inescapable strangeness of ordinary language.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 306
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Chicago University Press
Published: 09 Apr 1999

ISBN 10: 0226660605
ISBN 13: 9780226660608