ISBN 9780820463612 | 0820463612 Textbooks - "Simone Weils The Iliad or the Poem of Force" by Simone Weil WEIL Simone Weil TranslatorJames P Holoka James P edt Simone Holoka

Authors: Simone Weil - WEIL - Simone Weil; Translator-James P. Holoka - James P. (edt) - Simone/ Ho…
ISBN 10: 0820463612
ISBN 13: 9780820463612
Edition: 3rd revised critical
Release: May 26, 2006
Format: Paperback (130 pages)
List Price: $19.95
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List Price: $19.95

Tags: Literature & Fiction, Classics,

Book Description:
Simone Weil, a brilliant young teacher, philosopher, and social activist, wrote the essay, The Iliad or the Poem of Force at France at the beginning of World War II. Her profound meditation on the nature of violence provides a remarkably vivid and accessible testament of the Greek epic's continuing relevance to our lives. This celebrated work appears here for the first time in a bilingual version, based on the text of the authoritative edition of the author's complete writings. An introduction discusses the significance of the essay both in the evolution of Weil's thought and as a distinctively iconoclastic contribution to Homeric studies. The commentary draws on recent interpretations of the Iliad and examines the parallels between Weil's vision of Homer's warriors and the experiences of modern soldiers.

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Simone Weil's The Iliad or the Poem of Force