War and the Iliad by Simone Weil, Mary McCarthy, Hermann Broch, Rachel Bespaloff, Christopher E.G. Benfey

121 pages first pub 1941 (editions)

nonfiction classics essays philosophy informative reflective slow-paced
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War and the Iliad is a perfect introduction to the range of Homer’s art as well as a provocative and rewarding demonstration of the links between literature, philosophy, and questions of life and death.Simone Weil’s The Iliad, or the Poem of Force...

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