TY - JOUR
T1 - Owen, Wittgenstein, and the Postwar Battle with Language
AU - Ben-Tovim, Ron
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2018/10/1
Y1 - 2018/10/1
N2 - The Great War left an indelible mark of horror and brutality on the Western imagination, not least on how we have come to understand the toll wars take on their survivors. This article gauges some of that effect through an examination of the work of two noted veterans: Wilfred Owen and Ludwig Wittgenstein. Through a discussion of Owen’s poetry in tandem with Wittgenstein’s earlier philosophy, I address the toll violence exacts on language; namely, on the attempt not to describe but to show war.
AB - The Great War left an indelible mark of horror and brutality on the Western imagination, not least on how we have come to understand the toll wars take on their survivors. This article gauges some of that effect through an examination of the work of two noted veterans: Wilfred Owen and Ludwig Wittgenstein. Through a discussion of Owen’s poetry in tandem with Wittgenstein’s earlier philosophy, I address the toll violence exacts on language; namely, on the attempt not to describe but to show war.
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U2 - 10.1353/phl.2018.0023
DO - 10.1353/phl.2018.0023
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AN - SCOPUS:85057130497
VL - 42
SP - 344
EP - 360
JO - Philosophy and Literature
JF - Philosophy and Literature
SN - 0190-0013
IS - 2
ER -
