Iris Murdoch connected : critical essays on her fiction and philosophy / edited by Mark Luprecht.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Luprecht, Mark, editor.

Series:

Tennessee studies in literature ; v. 47.

Tennessee studies in literature ; volume 47

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Murdoch, Iris--Criticism and interpretation.

Murdoch, Iris.

Philosophy in literature.

Murdoch, Iris--Philosophy.

Murdoch, Iris--Influence.

Philosophy--History--20th century.

Philosophy.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

History.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

xix, 212 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Knoxville, Tennessee : The University of Tennessee Press, [2014]

Summary:

"Iris Murdoch was one of the most interesting and wide-ranging philosophers in recent British history. In addition to her five works on moral philosophy and existentalism, including Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals, she was the author of twenty-five works of fiction, including The Sea, the Sea, winner of the Booker Prize, and The Black Prince, winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. This collection reassesses her literary and philosophical output, focusing on her key literary works and the influence she had among contemporary philosophers"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction / Mark Luprecht

Essays on Iris Murdoch's literary works and approach to art. "Despite herself": the resisted influence of Virginia Woolf on Iris Murdoch's fiction / Frances White

The case of Murdoch and Canetti / Elaine Morley

The French connection: Iris Murdoch and Raymond Queneau / Miles Leeson

"Near the gods": Iris Murdoch and the painter Harry Weinberger / Anne Rowe

"The now so unfashionable naturalistic idea of character": reanimating personhood from Under the net to John Banville / David James

"Robbed of thy youth by me": the myth of Hyacinth and Apollo in The bell and the sea, the sea / Pamela Osborn

Rebarbative wire? compartments and complexity in The bell and the body / Rivka Isaacson

Essays on Iris Murdoch's philosophy. Puritanism and truthfulness in Iris Murdoch's philosophical ethic / Tony Milligan

"The revoltingly contingent": Iris Murdoch's metaphysical bargain / Jiménez Heffernan, Julián

"The most intimate bond": metaxological thinking in Simone Weil and Iris Murdoch / Kate Larson

"Can The Knight of Faith be like an inspector of taxes": The Black Prince as a rendering of fear and trembling / Paul Martens

A fundamental orientation to the good: Iris Murdoch's influence on Charles Taylor / Matthew J.M. Martinuk.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781621900566

1621900568

OCLC:

869823105