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Richard Barnett

Richard Barnett
Richard Barnett is a poet and historian. His latest poetry book, Wherever We Are When We Come To The End, uses the form and the language of the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus to dramatize Wittgenstein’s thought and experiences in the First World War. He taught the history of science and medicine at Cambridge, Oxford and UCL, and his history books include international bestseller The Sick Rose.


How the War Made Wittgenstein the Philosopher He Was

Richard Barnett Reads the Tractatus as Modernist War Poetry
August 27, 2021  By Richard Barnett
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