The literary afterlives of Simone Weil : feminism, justice, and the challenge of religion

"The French philosopher-mystic-activist Simone Weil (1909-1943) has provoked both passionate admiration and scornful dismissal since her early death and the posthumous publication of her writings. She has also influenced an extraordinary range of literature focused not only on her ideas but also on her person, a fact that has received only very limited scholarly attention. The Literary Afterlives of Simone Weil reads Weil's presence in literary p...