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The Literary Afterlives of Simone Weil Theoretical Linguistics is Lucy better off withThe French philosopher mystic activist Simone Weil (19091943) has drawn both passionate admiration and scornful dismissal since her early death and the posthumous publication of her writings. She has also provoked an extraordinary range of literary writing focused on not only her ideas but also her person: novels, nonfiction, and especially poetry. Given the challenges of Weil's ethic of self emptying attention, what accounts for her appeal,