Ben Ware is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of English Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London, UK.

• AcknowledgementsAbbreviationsPreface1 Modernity-Modernism-Avant-Garde2 Ethics and the Literary in Wittgenstein’s Tractatus3 Modernity, Culture and the Question of Politics4 The Tractatus, Modernism and the Limits of Language5 Towards a Literary Use of Wittgenstein: The Tractatusand Kafka’s ‘Der Bau’NotesReferencesIndex

Given the fierce complexity of Wittgenstein’s thought, Ware is to be praised for the clear exposition of his philosophy and for the many helpful suggestions he proffers for how the philosopher’s ideas might be relevant to those studying modernism.

Ben Ware is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of English Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London, UK.

• AcknowledgementsAbbreviationsPreface1 Modernity-Modernism-Avant-Garde2 Ethics and the Literary in Wittgenstein’s Tractatus3 Modernity, Culture and the Question of Politics4 The Tractatus, Modernism and the Limits of Language5 Towards a Literary Use of Wittgenstein: The Tractatusand Kafka’s ‘Der Bau’NotesReferencesIndex

Given the fierce complexity of Wittgenstein’s thought, Ware is to be praised for the clear exposition of his philosophy and for the many helpful suggestions he proffers for how the philosopher’s ideas might be relevant to those studying modernism.

Ben Ware is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of English Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London, UK.

• AcknowledgementsAbbreviationsPreface1 Modernity-Modernism-Avant-Garde2 Ethics and the Literary in Wittgenstein’s Tractatus3 Modernity, Culture and the Question of Politics4 The Tractatus, Modernism and the Limits of Language5 Towards a Literary Use of Wittgenstein: The Tractatusand Kafka’s ‘Der Bau’NotesReferencesIndex

Given the fierce complexity of Wittgenstein’s thought, Ware is to be praised for the clear exposition of his philosophy and for the many helpful suggestions he proffers for how the philosopher’s ideas might be relevant to those studying modernism.