Mirror of Obedience
The Poems and Selected Prose of Simone Weil
$32.04
- Paperback
200 pages
- Release Date
4 October 2023
Summary
Simone Weil (1909-1943) was one of the foremost French philosophers of the 20th century; a mystic, activist, and writer whose profound work continues to intrigue and inspire today.
Mirror of Obedience collects together Weil’s poetry and autobiographical writings translated into English for the first time. It offers a rare glimpse into a more personal and introspective Weil than we usually encounter. She was writing and re-working her poems until the end of her life and in a l…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781350250680 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1350250686 |
| Author: | Silvia Caprioglio Panizza, Philip Wilson |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 200 |
| Release Date: | 4 October 2023 |
| Weight: | 240g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 16mm |
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This book is an excellent contribution to the poetry and translation of Simone Weil. The authors introduce us to her as a poet or writer, but also as a philosopher and translator. * French Studies *
About The Author
Silvia Caprioglio Panizza
Simone Weil was a philosopher, a mystic, and an activist.
Silvia Caprioglio Panizza is Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow at the Centre for Ethics, University of Pardubice, Czech Republic, and is a member of PEriTiA, Centre for Ethics in Public Life, University College Dublin, Ireland. With Philip Wilson, she translated and edited Simone Weil’s verse tragedy Venice Saved (Bloomsbury, 2019).
Philip Wilson teaches philosophy of religion, philosophy of literature and translation studies at the University of East Anglia, UK. With Silvia Caprioglio Panizza, he translated and edited Simone Weil’s verse tragedy Venice Saved (Bloomsbury, 2019).
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