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"The Introduction offers a brief overview of why Wittgenstein has come to matter to contemporary literary studies and philosophical work on literature. In addition to explaining what "literary Wittgensteinianism" is, it provides a point of entry into the chapters of this volume by explaining the basic difference between the "early" and "late" Wittgenstein and how each has opened up novel ways of thinking about the relationship between philosophy and literature"--

Introduction: the zero hour -- The consciousness of German guilt -- The writer, the conscience, and absolute presence -- Two kinds of emigration -- The property of the nation -- Yogis and commissars -- A German generation gap? -- The darkening of consciousness -- Postscript: revisiting the zero hour

"The volume shows how both the distinction and connection between literature and poetry is staged within Heidegger's thought. It offers Heidegger's perspective on a range of key themes, topics, poets, and writers, including Friedrich Hölderlin, Thomas Mann, Paul Celan, Euripides and Sophocles"--