Publication
Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, c1999.
Call number
Commentary / Darga
ISBN
0791442241 / 9780791442241
Collections
CSS Library Notes
FY2001 /
Physical description
xi, 148 p.; 23 cm
Description
"Simone Weil created a memorable oeuvre remarkable for its lucid, striking, and seemingly transparent prose. The first to recognize Weil's achievement as a writer, this book situates her work within the French literary tradition, showing its affinities with Pascal and Baudelaire, and acknowledges its kinship to the works of poets and writers of her generation, notably the poets Rene Char and Marina Tsvetaeva. Close reading of passages from her notebooks, several short texts, and a proposal for front-line nurses addressed to the Free French illustrates the forces and influences at work in her writing."--Jacket.
Language
Original language
English