Wittgenstein, Kraus, and Valery
Isava, Luis Miguel
This book attempts to establish a paradigm for the way language works - that is, means and creates meaning - in contemporary Western poetry. The «model» is developed from a rereading of Ludwig Wittgenstein's theory of language, a rereading that is complemented with Karl Kraus's conception of language creation and Paul Valéry's theories of poetry and language. The implications of the paradigm are then explored from several perspectives: the pro...