Trésor éparpillé: The Treasure of Scattered Texts in Works by René Char and Simone Weil
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 |
69-82 |
Publisher |
Mercer University Press |
Place Published |
Macon, Georgia |
Language |
English |
Keywords |
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Annotation |
Dargan sets the short works of the French poet René Char and the notebooks of Simone Weil against the background of WW II, emphasizing of the extremely difficult time in which the two writers lived. She argues the very act of writing was a form of resistance and carries with it an intensity very different from the world in which we now live. This context, Dargan maintains, must be invoked in any attempt to understand and appreciate such work, for only then can a modern reader comprehend its urgency and depth., as well as the courage of those who wrote it. |
Notes |
Also published as part of Dargan, Joan. Simone Weil : Thinking Poetically. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1999. |