Simone Weil's The Iliad, or, The poem of force

Name: Simone Weil's The Iliad, or, The poem of force
ISBN: 9780820463612

a critical edition

által Simone Weil

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Formátum: 130 oldalakat, Paperback
Első publikáció: 2003
Kiadók: P. Lang
Tantárgyak: Homer·Epic poetry·Greek·History and criticism·Achilles in literature·Trojan war·Literature and the war·Violence in literature·War in literature
Nyelv: English

Although I read this the first time many decades ago, it has remained one of the very most influential books in my life. Weil is brilliant, of course, and a true prophet.

Simone Weil was one of the transcendent geniuses of our time. The archetypal intellectual/activist - the clarity of her insight and the depth and weight of her oeuvre is remarkable, incredible for anyone - no less someone in their twenties and early thirties.

There's been a lot of renewed interest in The Iliad lately- some of it stems from "Troy", the Brad Pitt vehicle, but much of it comes from the inevitable drawing of parallels between yesterday and today. With more and more talk of America as "empire", reflections on empires and wars fought in years past has been a hot topic of discussion.

a critical edition

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