Simone Weil, legendary French philosopher, political activist, and mystic, died in 1943 at a sanatorium in Kent, England, at the age of thirty-four. During her brief lifetime, Weil was a paradox of asceticism and reclusive introversion who also maintained a teaching career and an active participation in politics.

In this concise biography, Palle Yourgrau outlines Weil s influential life and work and demonstrates how she tried to apply philosophy to everyday life. Born in Paris to a cultivated Jewish-French family, Weil excelled at philosophy, and her empathetic political conscience...

Genius, Confucian, fascist, traitor, peace activist Ezra Pound love him or hate him, he is impossible to ignore as one of the most influential modernists and controversial poets of the twentieth century. His life, as Alec Marsh makes clear in this biography, raises vital questions for anyone interested in politics, art, and poetry.No writer of his stature promoted so many acquaintances who would go on to become such distinguished names in their own right James Joyce, T. S. Eliot, and Ford Madox Ford were among the many who benefited from Pound s enthusiasm and editorial suggestions. And...