Iris Murdoch: The Essential Guide (Vintage Living Texts, 2) - Softcover

Noakes, Jonathan; Reynolds, Margaret

9780099452225: Iris Murdoch: The Essential Guide (Vintage Living Texts, 2)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099452227 ISBN 13: 9780099452225

Publisher: Vintage, 2004

In Vintage Living Texts, teachers, students and any lover of literature will find the essential guide to the major works of Iris Murdoch. Iris Murdoch's themes, genre and narrative techniques are put under scrutiny and the emphasis is on providing a rich source of ideas for intelligent and inventive ways of approaching the novels. Amongst many other features you'll find inspirational reading plans and contextual material, suggested complementary and comparative reading and an indispensable glossary. Featured texts: The Black Prince, The Sea, The Sea, The Bell'I didn't realise just how good the series was until I started working closely with it. The questions are so thoughtful and probing-the texts really do occupy their own niche between guides purely for teachers and the ubiquitous student crib, and are much better than either' Head of English, Newington College, Australia

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Synopsis:

One of a series introducing some of the most exciting works in contemporary fiction. This volume deals with the themes, genre and narrative techniques employed by Iris Murdoch in three of her novels, "The Black Prince", "The Sea, The Sea" and "The Bell". It also features an interview with the author, detailed reading plans, questions for essays and discussion, contextual materials, suggested texts for complementary and comparative reading, extracts from reviews, a critical overview, a biography, bibliography and glossary of literary terms.

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