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Iris Murdoch, Seccond Edition: The Retrospective Fiction

By Bran Nicol

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2004
ISBN
1403916640, 9781403916648
LCC
PR6063.U7 Z745 2004
Open Library ID
OL3304325M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1659995 bytes)
Edition
Second Edition
Pages
201\220
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

Bran Nicol traces the preoccupation in Murdoch's fiction with the way the past makes its mark upon us, haunting us and eluding our attempts to grasp it. This argument was given an extra resonance by the death of Murdoch after Alzheimer's disease in 1999, when the first edition was published. This new edition includes detailed readings of novels not discussed in the original (The Bell, The Sacred and Profane Love Machine, and The Philosopher's Pupil) and includes a new preface, an updated bibliography and three new chapters covering Murdoch's most important and popular novels, considering in more depth her relationship with the dominant literary and intellectual currents of her time.

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