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Heidegger: The Influence and Dissemination of his thought, by George Steiner, (Harvester Press, Sussex, England) 1978. Originally published by Fontana in their ‘Modern Masters’ series.

Major philosophical works are not written exclusively for professional philosophers; indeed the perspective of the nonprofessional often provides a significant generalist contribution all too often lacking in the narrower confines of expert academia. (The nonprofessional Thomas Mann's brilliant contribution to our understanding of the philosopher Schopenhauer is a case that comes to mind.) So it is an important and eagerly-awaited event when George Steiner, whose professionalism is in language theory, but who is qualified to comment on philosophy, turns his acumen and literary skill to the much-proliferated field of 'Introductions' to Martin Heidegger. Heidegger seems to need many introductions, if for no other reasons than the sheer enormity of his impact and the stunning difficulty of his language. As the popular readership on Heidegger swells, there is an ever growing need for more and more writers to tell us just what it is that Heidegger is saying, to provide us with handles by which we can come to grips with this troubling but exciting thinker.