Joan Dargan teaches French at St. Lawrence University. She has translated Miklos Veto's The Religious Metaphysics of Simone Weil, published by SUNY Press and is also the author of Balzac and the Drama of Perspective.

"This is a singular work in Weil studies. No Weil scholar should go without reading this book." — Eric O. Springsted, coauthor of Spirit, Nature and Community: Issues in the Thought of Simone Weil"This book addresses a central issue in Weil's work—the fact that prose style, for Weil, was at the heart of her philosophical enterprise. It is wholly engaging, written in a beautiful, subtle, evocative style which does full justice to its subject. It is richly allusive, bringing in striking illustrations from a wide variety of sources and literatures. Wonderful parallels between Weil's work and those by other masters—Mallarmé, Beckett, Sarraute, Elizabeth Bishop—illuminate Weil's work and enrich the reader's understanding of it. Dargan's translations from the French are beautifully done as well. This book is a pleasure to read." — Christine Ann Evans, Lesley College

• Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction 1 "La Personne et le sacré"2 "The Terrible Prayer"3 "Prologue"4 Notebooks5 Poetry and Poetics6 The Proposal for Front-Line NursesConclusion Works Cited Index

Joan Dargan teaches French at St. Lawrence University. She has translated Miklos Veto's The Religious Metaphysics of Simone Weil, published by SUNY Press and is also the author of Balzac and the Drama of Perspective.

"This is a singular work in Weil studies. No Weil scholar should go without reading this book." — Eric O. Springsted, coauthor of Spirit, Nature and Community: Issues in the Thought of Simone Weil"This book addresses a central issue in Weil's work—the fact that prose style, for Weil, was at the heart of her philosophical enterprise. It is wholly engaging, written in a beautiful, subtle, evocative style which does full justice to its subject. It is richly allusive, bringing in striking illustrations from a wide variety of sources and literatures. Wonderful parallels between Weil's work and those by other masters—Mallarmé, Beckett, Sarraute, Elizabeth Bishop—illuminate Weil's work and enrich the reader's understanding of it. Dargan's translations from the French are beautifully done as well. This book is a pleasure to read." — Christine Ann Evans, Lesley College

• Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction 1 "La Personne et le sacré"2 "The Terrible Prayer"3 "Prologue"4 Notebooks5 Poetry and Poetics6 The Proposal for Front-Line NursesConclusion Works Cited Index

Joan Dargan teaches French at St. Lawrence University. She has translated Miklos Veto's The Religious Metaphysics of Simone Weil, published by SUNY Press and is also the author of Balzac and the Drama of Perspective.

"This is a singular work in Weil studies. No Weil scholar should go without reading this book." — Eric O. Springsted, coauthor of Spirit, Nature and Community: Issues in the Thought of Simone Weil"This book addresses a central issue in Weil's work—the fact that prose style, for Weil, was at the heart of her philosophical enterprise. It is wholly engaging, written in a beautiful, subtle, evocative style which does full justice to its subject. It is richly allusive, bringing in striking illustrations from a wide variety of sources and literatures. Wonderful parallels between Weil's work and those by other masters—Mallarmé, Beckett, Sarraute, Elizabeth Bishop—illuminate Weil's work and enrich the reader's understanding of it. Dargan's translations from the French are beautifully done as well. This book is a pleasure to read." — Christine Ann Evans, Lesley College

• Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction 1 "La Personne et le sacré"2 "The Terrible Prayer"3 "Prologue"4 Notebooks5 Poetry and Poetics6 The Proposal for Front-Line NursesConclusion Works Cited Index