Simone Weil's apologetic use of literature : her Christological interpretations of ancient Greek texts /

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After an unexpected mystical experience, the philosopher Simone Weil (1909-43) read the Greek classics from a Christian perspective, as this original study shows. To the intellectual agnostics of her day she wanted to show that the classics they loved could only be fully understood in light of Chris...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Meaney, Marie Cabaud
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Series:Oxford modern languages and literature monographs.
Subjects:
Weil, Simone, > 1909-1943.
Weil, Simone, > 1909-1943 > Religion.
Weil, Simone, > 1909-1943
1900-1999
Christianity > Philosophy > History > 20th century.
Greek literature > History and criticism.
Christianisme > Philosophie > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Littérature grecque > Histoire et critique.
Christianity > Philosophy
Greek literature
Religion
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Abbreviations; 1. Simone Weil and the Classics; 2. Simone Weil and Apologetics; 3. Simone Weil as Apologist; 4. Antigone and the Moral Law: Glimpses of the Supernatural; 5. Tableau de l'absence de Dieu-A Modern Interpretation of the Iliad; 6. Prometheus Bound-An Apologetics of the Cross; 7. Electra-Waiting on God; 8. Conclusion: Simone Weil-An Apologist of the Supernatural; Appendix: References to Ancient Greek Texts in the Works of Simone Weil; Bibliography; Index

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