Introduction: Tragedy and the Supernatural
1. The Sacramental Poetics of Simone Weil
2. Simone Weil and Christian Tragedy
3. Tragedy of Calamity and the Sacred: Antigone and King Lear
4. Tragedy of Crime and the Sacred: Oedipus Rex and Phèdre
Conclusion: Toward a Transcultural Poetics
Works Cited
Index