The Misfortunes of a Word-Watcher: A Reading of Iris Murdoch’s A Word Child
I propose a reading of Iris Murdoch’s A Word Child and show how her novel resonates with important themes in Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations, such as the idealization of language. I go on to highlight the ethical significance of such an idealization.
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Presses Universitaires de la Méditerranée
2020-12-01
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| Series: | Études Britanniques Contemporaines |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/ebc/9888 |