The Moment of a Bird’s Cry: A Note on Wallace Stevens and Simone Weil

Publication Type

Journal Article

Year of Publication

2008

Author

Gutorow, Jacek

Journal

Wallace Stevens Journal

Volume

32

Number

2

Pages

171-180

Language

English

Keywords

Pascal, Blaise
decreation
Stevens, Wallace
influence
Poland

Annotation

Gutorow traces here the impact of Weil's thought on the work of Wallace Stevens. He notes particularly, Stevens’s attraction to the use of aphorisms, something that would draw him to Weil's work published in Gravity and Grace. Gutorow also spends considerable time discussing Weil's notion of decreation and Steven's response to and interpretation of it in his work.