Iris Murdoch : A Life
Conradi, Peter
9780393048759
ISBN 13: 9780393048759
Publication Date: 2001
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In Iris Murdoch, Peter Conradi assesses the remarkable intellectual & cultural legacy of the celebrated philosopher & beloved novelist. Depicting her personal life in extraordinary detail--her student days at Oxford, her Communist activities, her early affairs, & her enduring marriage to John Bayley--he also deftly interprets her philosophical works & twenty-six novels with brilliant clarity & insight. Murdoch emerges as a writer who in her early years imagined herself as the heir to George Eliot but later found a kinship with Dostoevsky's fantastic realism, his obsessions with sadomasochism, & his philosophical fascination with moral anarchy. Relying on ninety-five hitherto unseen diaries, hundreds of interviews, & thousands of letters, Conradi has written a riveting biography that is as much an absorbing history of literary England from 1940 to the present as it is a vivid depiction of one of our greatest twentieth-century writers.
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Iris Murdoch: a Life (ISBN: 0393048756 / 0-393-04875-6) Conradi, Peter Quantity Available: 1
Book Description: W W Norton & Co. Inc., Scranton, Pennsylvania, 2001. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First American Edition. Clean bright copy. ; PA, Norton, 2001, 1st/1st Fine, 706 pp indexed. The author uses interviews and Murdoch's journals to illuminates the personal experiences that influenced her fiction. (excerpts from reviews found online. ) Murdock's first novel, Under the Net, (1954) was selected in 2001 by the editorial board of the American Modern Library as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. In 1987, she was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire. She is considered one of the greatest British writers.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bookseller Inventory # 000364 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
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Book Description: W W Norton & Co Inc, Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., 2001. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First American Edition. Jacket show a little light shelf wear around the edges and has a 1/4 inch tear at the top of the back fold. Bottom corner of the back board has been very slightly bumped. Bookseller Inventory # 006095 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
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