War and the Iliad by Simone Weil, Rachel Bespaloff

War and the Iliad

Simone Weil, Rachel Bespaloff with Mary McCarthy (Translator), Christopher Benfey (Contributor), Hermann Broch (Contributor)

152 pages • first pub 1941 (editions)

nonfiction classics essays philosophy informative reflective slow-paced
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War and the Iliad is a perfect introduction to the range of Homer's art as well as a provocative and rewarding demonstration of the links between literature, philosophy, and questions of life and death. Simone Weil's The Iliad, or the Poem of Forc...

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