A Tale of Two Iliads

Publication Type

Book Chapter

Year of Publication

2006

Author

Benfey, Christopher

Editor

Benfey, Christopher E. G. Remmler, Karen

Book

Artists, intellectuals, and World War II : the Pontigny Encounters at Mount Holyoke College, 1942-1944

Pages

207-219

Publisher

University of Massachusetts Press

Place Published

Amherst

Language

English

Keywords

Iliad
Bespaloff, Rachel

Annotation

After a brief introduction giving some social historical context, Benfey offers a brief, critical comparative discussion of Simone Weil's and Rachel Bespaloff's essays on the Ïliad.

Notes

Early version was published in New York Review of Books, September 25, 2003, pp. 81-83, 86-87 and also published as "Introduction: A Tale of Two Iliads" in War and the Iliad: Simone Weil, Rachel Bespaloff. New York: New York Review Books, 2005.