T. S. Eliot's Communicational Scepticism: A Wittgensteinian Reading of "The Waste Land.".

Farrow, Stephen

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Publication Date: 1996

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T. S. Eliot's Communicational Scepticism: A Wittgensteinian Reading of "The Waste Land."

Farrow, Stephen

Language & Communication, v16 n2 p107-15 1996

Discusses T. S. Eliot's communicational scepticism, defined as "...the idea that meaning is to some extent private to each individual, since language is an inadequate instrument for conveying thoughts from one mind to another." The article examines various issues relating to the literary criticism of Eliot's poetry. (20 references) (CK)

Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Content Analysis, Critical Reading, Discourse Analysis, Literary Criticism, Poetry, Semantics, Speech Communication

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Language: English

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