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Not Finding Wittgenstein: Peter Henry Lepus Poems
J. S. Harry
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Description for Not Finding Wittgenstein: Peter Henry Lepus Poems
Paperback. J.S. Harry is one of Australia's leading poets. The poems in "Not Finding Wittgenstein" feature Peter Henry Lepus, a rabbit who searches the world for philosophers, conversing with Ludwig Wittgenstein in Antarctica, Bertrand Russell in Japan, and with A.J. Ayer and J.L. Austin in Iraq before and after the invasion. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374.
The poems in "Not Finding Wittgenstein" feature Peter Henry Lepus, a rabbit who searches the world for philosophers, conversing with Ludwig Wittgenstein in Antarctica, Bertrand Russell in Japan, and with A.J. Ayer and J.L. Austin in Iraq before and after the invasion. J.S. Harry is one of Australia's leading poets, renowned for her cool wit and sharp intellect, and for her seemingly whimsical irony, which is unerringly accurate in piercing pretension. Peter's innocent but quizzical rabbit perspective is perfect for her questioning of the nature of perception and the limits of philosophical enquiry, of the ways in which language constructs ... Read more
The poems in "Not Finding Wittgenstein" feature Peter Henry Lepus, a rabbit who searches the world for philosophers, conversing with Ludwig Wittgenstein in Antarctica, Bertrand Russell in Japan, and with A.J. Ayer and J.L. Austin in Iraq before and after the invasion. J.S. Harry is one of Australia's leading poets, renowned for her cool wit and sharp intellect, and for her seemingly whimsical irony, which is unerringly accurate in piercing pretension. Peter's innocent but quizzical rabbit perspective is perfect for her questioning of the nature of perception and the limits of philosophical enquiry, of the ways in which language constructs ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
373g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781852249281
SKU
V9781852249281
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About J. S. Harry
J.S. Harry (1939-2015) was born in South Australia, and lived in Sydney for most of her life. She worked as an editor for Radio National and held a residency at Australian National University. She published seven books of poetry, including the deer under the skin (1971), Hold, for a little while, and turn gently (1979), A Dandelion for Van Gogh ... Read more
Reviews for Not Finding Wittgenstein: Peter Henry Lepus Poems
'The further Harry seems from taking horror and extremity seriously, the more the poem insists that, while language can never intercept an incoming missile, it can light up a moral scene as nothing else can - For me she is the most arresting poet working in Australia today' - Peter Porter. 'Written in a plain and direct language, the poems ... Read more