Iris Murdoch
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| Rating | : | 4.40 (700 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0746312164 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 144 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-02-28 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
. She is a freelance landscape historian who has coordinated research for the Hertfordshire Gardens Trust since 1998 and lectures in landscape history. Dr Anne Rowe is Reader in English Literature and Director of the Centre of Iris Murdoch Studies at Kingston University
Finally, an assessment of the extent to which cultural, political and personal issues seep into the fiction is made with special reference to recently acquired letters to many friends and fellow philosophers.. This study provides a broad-based introduction to Iris Murdoch’s fiction which is discussed thematically in terms of her own recurrent interests and recent critical approaches to her work. An overview of current Murdoch scholarship, including an appraisal of biographical texts and memoirs, is followed by two chapters which explain first the ways in which Murdoch’s moral philosophy interacts with her novels and then her ‘neo-theology’, which answers her fears about the loss of faith in the twentieth century. A section on Murdoch’s experimentation with form explores her use of a variety of genres and assesses how her li
. She is a freelance landscape historian who has coordinated research for the Hertfordshire Gardens Trust since 1998 and lectures in landscape history. About the Author Dr Anne Rowe is Reader in English Literature and Director of the Centre of Iris Murdoch Studies at Kingston University