Irving Babbitt and Simone Weil

Publication Type

Book Chapter

Year of Publication

1999

Author

Panichas, George A.

Book

Critical Legacy of Irving Babbitt

Pages

107-129

Publisher

ISI Books

Place Published

Willmington, Delaware

Language

English

Chapter

4

Keywords

Babbitt, Irving
'Great Beast'
Gravity
grace
evil
political philosophy
social (societal)
obligations
rights
Greece
Stoicism
Upanishads

Annotation

Extensive comparison of Weil and Babbitt.

Notes

First published in Comparative Literature Studies 15.2 (1978): 177-192 and also published as chapter 3 of The Critic as Conservator: Essays in Literature, Society and Culture. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 1992. 36-53.