War and the Iliad / by Simone Weil and Rachel Bespaloff ; translated by Mary McCarthy ; introduction by Christopher Benfey ; afterword by Hermann Broch.
By: Weil, Simone.
Contributor(s): McCarthy, Mary
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Publisher: New York : New York Review Books, c2005Description: xxiii, 121 p. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 1590171454 (alk. paper).Uniform titles: Iliade, ou, le poème de la force. English Contained works: Bespaloff, Rachel.Subject(s): Homer. Iliad | Epic poetry, Greek -- History and criticism | Achilles (Greek mythology) in literature | Power (Social sciences) in literature | Trojan War -- Literature and the war | Violence in literature | War in literatureDDC classification: 883/.01
Contents:
A Tale of two Iliads / Christopher Benfey -- The Iliad, or The poem of force / Simone Weil -- On the Iliad / Rachel Bespaloff -- The style of the Mythical Age / Hermann Broch.
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Originally published as two separate essays: L'Iliade, ou, le poème de la force / Simone Weil ; De l'Iliade / Rachel Bespaloff. Now published together and translated into English.
A Tale of two Iliads / Christopher Benfey -- The Iliad, or The poem of force / Simone Weil -- On the Iliad / Rachel Bespaloff -- The style of the Mythical Age / Hermann Broch.
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