Bryan Counter
Comparative literature scholar and lecturer who teaches in English departments and researches modern literature; featured guest on the episode discussing Thomas Bernhard's work.
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Jan 28, 2026 • 1h 1min
Thomas Bernhard's 'Gathering Evidence' - Origin, Time, Repetition with Bryan Counter
Bryan Counter, literary commentator known for close readings, digs into Thomas Bernhard's Gathering Evidence. He traces non-chronological structure, origin moments like the bicycle scene, and Bernhard's institutional upbringing. Conversations touch on repetition, dark humor, form, and how writing retroactively creates origins.
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Apr 15, 2026 • 1h 13min
Bernhard and Wittgenstein: Perfection, Suicide, Love with Steve Dowden and Bryan Counter
Steve Dowden, a German literature professor, and Bryan Counter, a comparative literature lecturer, discuss Thomas Bernhard’s Correction and Wittgenstein’s Nephew. They explore Bernhard’s critique of Austrian culture, the cone as a symbol of perfection and failure, surprising warmth and friendship in Wittgenstein’s Nephew, and links between architecture, repetition, and musical rhythm.
