Reading the Iliad in the Light of Eternity
Publication Type |
Journal Article |
Year of Publication |
2006 |
Author |
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Journal |
Modern Age |
Volume |
48 |
Number |
1 |
Pages |
48-58 |
Publisher |
Intercollegiate Studies Institute |
Language |
English |
Publish Dates |
Winter |
Keywords |
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Annotation |
Cicero looks at both Simone Weil’s “The Iliad or the Poem of Force” and Rachel Bespaloff’s “On the Iliad”. Following a discussion of the circumstances in which these two works were written, he presents a brief summary of them. He concludes the article with a defense of value of both works, something he says, that may be lost or diminished by those who subscribe to the ‘New Historicism’. |