War and the Iliad
Weil, Simone, 1909-19432006
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Weil's stunning lecture came on the eve of WWII, and Bespaloff's work, probably a response to Weil, was written in its midst. Although often read as pacifist manifestos, they are also brilliant pieces of literary and social criticism.
Main title:
War and the Iliad / Simone Weil and Rachel Bespaloff ; translated by Mary McCarthy ; introduction by Christopher Benfey ; afterword by Hermann Broch.
Imprint:
New York : New York Review, 2006.
Collation:
152 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Translated from the French.
ISBN:
1590171454 (pbk)9781590171455
Dewey class:
883'.01
Local class:
883
Language:
EnglishFrench
Subject:
BRN:
248725