3 Hunger: Weil’s Fraught Sacrifice in Mary Gordon’s Fiction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS ix
3. INTRODUCTION 1
4. 1 Force: Weil as Source for Adrienne Rich’s Expanding Solidarities 33
5. 2 Attention: Annie Dillard Waits for God with Weil 71
6. 3 Hunger: Weil’s Fraught Sacrifice in Mary Gordon’s Fiction 121
7. 4 (De)creation: Simone Weil Among the Poets 171
8. CONCLUSION 229
9. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 247
10. NOTES 251
11. WORKS CITED 277
12. LIST OF CREDITS 289
13. INDEX 293