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A dominant figure of postwar British literature, Iris Murdoch (1919-1999) wrote more than twenty-five novels, a collection of poems, and a half-dozen philosophical studies..In Understanding Iris Murdoch, Cheryl Bove divides Murdochs work into two broad categories--the ironic tragedy and the bittersweet comedy--to examine the reasons why her work continues to attract such a large following. A writer of consistently readable novels who fashions gripping narratives and vivid characters, Murdoch presents readers with moral problems upon which she allows her audience to pass judgment. Bove summarizes Murdochs work not as an effort to advance a cause, expand a philosophy, or portray a society, but to present human relationships and solve fictional problems of plot and theme.
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Understanding Iris Murdoch Understanding Contemporary British Literature
author
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Bove, Cheryl Browning.
publisher
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University of South Carolina Press
isbn10 | asin
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087249876X
print isbn13
:
9780872498761
ebook isbn13
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9780585326627
language
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English
subject
Murdoch, Iris--Criticism and interpretation, Women and literature--England--History--20th century.
publication date
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1993
lcc
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PR6063.U7Z594 1993eb
ddc
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823/.914
subject
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Murdoch, Iris--Criticism and interpretation, Women and literature--England--History--20th century.
Page i
Understanding Iris Murdoch
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Understanding Contemporary British Literature
Matthew J. Bruccoli, Editor
Understanding Graham Greene by R. H. Miller
Understanding Doris Lessing by Jean Pickering
Understanding Arnold Wesker by Robert Wilcher
Understanding Kingsley Amis by Merritt Moseley
Understanding Iris Murdoch by Cheryl K. Bove
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Understanding Iris Murdoch
by Cheryl K. Bove
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Copyright 1993 University of South Carolina
Published in Columbia, South Carolina, by the University of South Carolina Press
Manufactured in the United States of America
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Bove, Cheryl Browning, 1944 Understanding Iris Murdoch / by Cheryl K. Bove. p. cm.(Understanding contemporary British literature) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-87249-876-X 1. Murdoch, IrisCriticism and interpretation. I. Title. II. Series. PR6063.U7Z594 1993 92-35180 823'.914dc20
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For my family
Page vii
Contents
Editor's Preface
ix
Chapter 1 The Modern Realist
1
Chapter 2 Moral Philosophy and Aesthetics
20
Chapter 3 Early Major Works (19541962)
36
Chapter 4 Major Works of the Middle Period (19681973)
58
Chapter 5 Later Major Works (19781980)
83
Chapter 6 Latest Works (19831989)
103
Chapter 7 Other Novels and Plays
133
Chapter 8 The Gothic
166
Chapter 9 Conclusion
190
Bibliography
197
Index
207
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Editor's Preface
Understanding Contemporary British Literature has been planned as a series of guides or companions for students as well as good nonacademic readers. The editor and publisher perceive a need for these volumes because much of the influential contemporary literature makes special demands. Uninitiated readers encounter difficulty in approaching works that depart from the traditional forms and techniques of prose and poetry. Literature relies on conventions, but the conventions keep evolving; new writers form their own conventionswhich in time may become familiar. Put simply, UCBL provides instruction in how to read certain contemporary writersidentifying and explicating their material, themes, use of language, point of view, structures, symbolism, and responses to experience.
The word understanding in the series title was deliberately chosen. Many willing readers lack an adequate understanding of how contemporary literature works; that is, what the author is attempting to express and the means by which it is conveyed. Although the criticism and analysis in the series have been aimed at a level of general accessibility, these introductory volumes are meant to be applied in conjunction with the works they cover. Thus they do not provide a substitute for the works and authors they introduce, but rather prepare the reader for more profitable literary experiences.
M. J. B.
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Chapter One The Modern Realist
Career
Iris Murdoch is Britain's most critically acclaimed living writer. She received the Black Memorial Prize for The Black Prince, the Whitbread Literary Award for Fiction for The Sacred and Profane Love Machine, and the Booker McConnell Prize for The Sea, The Sea. She was named Dame of the Order of the British Empire in 1987, made a Companion of Literature by the Royal Society of Literature in 1987, and awarded the National Arts Club's (New York) Medal of Honor for Literature in 1990. A prolific writer, Murdoch has published twenty-four novels, five plays, four books of philosophy, a short story, a volume of poetry, essays on philosophy and aesthetics, and a libretto for William Mathias's opera
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