One of the great books on this subject is by a philosopher in Canadam who
is also a fine poet:
Jan Zwicky. Lyric Philosophy. University of Toronto Press, 1992.
It mixes Wittgenstein with a number of poets, a kind of philosophical
collage (indeed, I read it almost as a huge, collage poem), & it's a
terrific book.
Doug
Douglas Barbour
Department of English
University of Alberta
Edmonton Alberta Canada T6G 2E5
(h) [780] 436 3320 (b) [780] 492 0521
http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/dbhome.htm
O baby, get out of Egypt -
This history is not for you,
Get out of there, out of my path,
Out of my speechless mouth, the Egypt shrieking
a redundant, plundering tongue . . .
An ancient slang speaks through me like that.
Gwendolyn MacEwen
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