Sacramental Tension: Transcendence and Finite Images in Simone Weil’s Literary Imagination
Publication Type |
Book Chapter |
Year of Publication |
1996 |
Author |
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Editor |
Dunaway, John M. Springsted, Eric O. |
Book |
The Beauty That Saves: Essays on Aesthetics and Language in Simone Weil |
Pages |
85-97 |
Publisher |
Mercer University Press |
Place Published |
Macon, Georgia |
Language |
English |
Keywords |
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Annotation |
Werge begins by presenting some of the criticisms Weil’s religious expression has received. He then goes on to look at Weil’s "literary style as it expresses her religious imagination' (p. 87). Ultimately he argues, if we consider Weil's "use of particular images in more abstract and universal contexts -- and her idea of attente as the key to the soul’s pilgrimage of waiting we may be able to locate Weil's literary imagination in a kind of "sacramental tension"" (p. 87). She is, he argues, neither a gnostic nor a Jansenist. Werge goes on to discuss Albert Camus' and T.S. Eliot’s appreciation of Weil's work and despite their radical differences their shared view of the morality of literature. Werge then discusses Weil's literary vision or style and the theology expressed by it at some length relating her work to that of many diverse philosophers and theologians. |
Notes |
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