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Iris Murdoch: The Retrospective Fiction
Bran Nicol
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Description for Iris Murdoch: The Retrospective Fiction
Paperback. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 140 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 286.
Iris Murdoch: The Retrospective Fiction 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 book was first published - a curious blurring of life and work typical of the posthumous reassessment of Murdoch. 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 ... Read more
Iris Murdoch: The Retrospective Fiction 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 book was first published - a curious blurring of life and work typical of the posthumous reassessment of Murdoch. 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan Dublin, Ireland
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
201
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403916655
SKU
V9781403916655
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Ref
99-15
About Bran Nicol
BRAN NICOL is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Portsmouth, UK.
Reviews for Iris Murdoch: The Retrospective Fiction
'...lucid, insightful and well-documented.' - David Herman, Modern Fiction Studies '...[Nicol] offers a fresh and valuable perspective on many of [Murdoch's 'retrospective fictions'] distinctive features...an interesting and lucid book about Murdoch's narrators, a subject that has not had proper attention...' - George Soule, The Iris Murdoch Newsletter 'Nicol's is an important voice in Murdoch ... Read more