Sferics and Tachtsachen

Kevin Troy reven at useless.net
Mon Mar 20 07:56:54 CST 2000


Kathleen Fitzpatrick said:
> Foppl's Siege Party takes place in 1922, the same year the Tractatus was
> published, and Mondaugen's response to Weissman's translation is "I've
> heard that somewhere before."

Would Mondaugen have heard it before?  When in 1922 was Tractatus
published?  He arrives in Sudwest "one May morning in 1922."

Did he bring a copy with him?  Did he find it at Foppl's -- perhaps sent
from home by a friend?  Or did Kurt actually _hear_ it somewhere before?



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