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    The Sovereignty of Good

    Iris Murdoch

    Throughout her distinguished and prolific writing career, she explored questions of good and bad, myth and morality. The framework for Murdoch’s questions - and her own conclusions - can be…

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    The Sea, The Sea

    Iris Murdoch

    When Charles Arrowby retires from his glittering career in the London theatre, he buys a remote house on the rocks by the sea. He hopes to escape from his tumultuous…

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    Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals

    Iris Murdoch

    Here, drawing on a novelists insight into art, literature and psychology, Iris Murdoch conducts an ongoing debate with major writers, thinkers and theologians - from Augustine to Wittgenstein, Shakespeare to…

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    The Bell (Vintage Classics Murdoch Series): Iris Murdoch

    Iris Murdoch

    Charming, indolent Dora arrives in their midst, and half-unwittingly conjures these submerged things to the surface. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY SARAH PERRY VINTAGE CLASSICS MURDOCH: Funny, subversive, fearless and fiercely…

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    A Severed Head

    Iris Murdoch

    Martin believes he can possess both a beautiful wife and a delightful lover. But when his wife, Antonia, suddenly leaves him for her psychoanalyst, Martin is plunged into an intensive…

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    Iris Murdoch and the Political

    Prof Gary Browning

    Iris Murdoch and the Political presents a lively discussion of Iris Murdoch and her political thought, taking in the nature of socialist thought, the New Left and liberalism in the…

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    The Sea, The Sea (Vintage Classics Murdoch series)

    Iris Murdoch

    VINTAGE CLASSICS MURDOCH: Funny, subversive, fearless and fiercely intelligent, Iris Murdoch was one of the great writers of the twentieth century. But then he meets his childhood sweetheart Hartley, and…

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    The Moral Philosophy of Iris Murdoch

    Mark Hopwood

    Examining the role of vision, imagination, love, goodness and transcendence in Murdoch's work The Moral Philosophy of Iris Murdoch presents a compelling and original argument that she is one of…

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    Under The Net

    Iris Murdoch

    Funny, subversive, fearless and fiercely intelligent, Iris Murdoch was one of the great writers of the twentieth century.

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    The Unicorn

    Iris Murdoch

    WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY STEPHEN MEDCALF When Marian Taylor takes the post of governess at Gaze castle, remote house on a beautiful but desolate coast, she finds herself confronted with…

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    The Sandcastle (Vintage Classics Murdoch Series)

    Iris Murdoch

    VINTAGE CLASSICS MURDOCH: Funny, subversive, fearless and fiercely intelligent, Iris Murdoch was one of the great writers of the twentieth century.

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    Bruno’s Dream

    Iris Murdoch

    Features Bruno, dying, obsessed with spiders and preoccupied with death and reconciliation. He lies at the center of an intricate spider’s web of relationships and passions: Bruno’s estranged and grieving…

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    Iris Murdoch and the Ancient Quarrel

    Lyra Ekstroem Lindbaeck

    Lyra Ekstroem Lindbaeck revisits the crucial distinction between literature and philosophy in Iris Murdoch's work to make a convincing case for understanding the particularity of literature and her insistence on…

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    Sartre

    Iris Murdoch

    This study analyses and evaluates the different strands of Sartre’s work. Combining the objectivity of the scholar with an interest in contemporary problems, Iris Murdoch discusses the tradition of philosophical…

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    The Bell

    Iris Murdoch

    Discover Murdoch’s wonderful writing in this compelling story of a young woman and an unusual religious lay community. A lay community of thoroughly mixed-up people is encamped outside Imber Abbey…

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    Why Iris Murdoch Matters

    Professor Gary Browning (Oxford Brookes University, UK)

    In Why Iris Murdoch Matters Gary Browning draws on as yet unpublished archival material to present an unrivalled overview of Murdoch’s work and thought. Browning argues for Murdoch’s position amongst…

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    Understanding Iris Murdoch

    Cheryl K. Bove

    This divides Murdoch’s work into two broad categories-the ironic tragedy and the bittersweet comedy-to examine the reasons why her work continues to attract such a large following. It summarizes Murdoch’s…

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    Iris Murdoch

    Richard Todd

    First published in 1984, Iris Murdoch, widely regarded as one of the major British novelists of her generation. In this study, the author systematically surveys all her fiction to date…

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    Iris Murdoch

    Hilda D Spear

    This introduction guides the reader through the novels of one of Britain’s best-known writers, tracing patterns which run throughout her work. This new edition takes into account details which have…

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    Iris Murdoch

    Anne Rowe

    This study provides an accessible introduction to the whole range of Iris Murdoch’s fiction, exploring philosophical, theological, political, social and biographical influences and her experimentations with the novel form.

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    Iris Murdoch

    A. S. Byatt

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    Iris Murdoch

    Richard Todd

    First published in 1984, Iris Murdoch, widely regarded as one of the major British novelists of her generation. In this study, the author systematically surveys all her fiction to date…

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    Iris Murdoch

    Anne Rowe

    This study provides an accessible introduction to the whole range of Iris Murdoch’s fiction, exploring philosophical, theological, political, social and biographical influences and her experimentations with the novel form.

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    The Women Are Up to Something

    Benjamin J. Bruxvoort Lipscomb

    The story of four remarkable women who shaped the intellectual history of the 20th century: Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot, Mary Midgley, and Iris Murdoch.On the cusp of the Second World…

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    Iris: The Life of Iris Murdoch

    Peter J. Conradi

    There would be no need to complain of literary biographies…if they were all as good as Conradi’s. -John Updike, The New Yorker

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    Iris Murdoch: A Reassessment

    This book is an eclectic mix of essays that reposition Murdoch’s work in relation to current debates in philosophy, theology, literature, gender and sexuality, and authorship. The essays refine, develop…

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    Becoming Iris Murdoch

    Frances White

    On December 12th1948, Iris Murdoch wrote in her journal: ‘One of my more fundamental assumptions is that I have the power to seduce anyone’. This book explores Iris Murdoch’s developing…

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    An Iris Murdoch Chronology

    V. Purton

    Iris Murdoch was the author of twenty-six bestselling novels. Her many love affairs, her war-work with UNRRA, her move from early communism to Thatcherism, her later life as a secular…

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    Iris Murdoch and Morality

    Anne Rowe

    Iris Murdoch and Morality provides a close focus on moral issues in Murdoch’s novels, philosophy and theology. It situates Murdoch within current theoretical debates and develops an understanding of her…

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    Iris Murdoch, Philosopher

    Iris Murdoch was a notable philosopher before she was a notable novelist and her work was brave, brilliant, and independent. This volume presents essays by critics and admirers of her…

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    Iris Murdoch, Philosopher

    Iris Murdoch was a notable philosopher before she was a notable novelist and her work was brave, brilliant, and independent. This volume presents essays by critics and admirers of her…

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    Iris Murdoch: A Reassessment

    This book is an eclectic mix of essays that reposition Murdoch’s work in relation to current debates in philosophy, theology, literature, gender and sexuality, and authorship. The essays refine, develop…

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    Iris Murdoch and Morality

    Anne Rowe

    Iris Murdoch and Morality provides a close focus on moral issues in Murdoch’s novels, philosophy and theology. It situates Murdoch within current theoretical debates and develops an understanding of her…

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    The Iris Trilogy: Memoirs of Iris Murdoch

    John Bayley

    All three books (Iris, Iris and the Friends, and Widower’s House) are now available in a single edition, told by the person who knew her best, with gentle humour -…

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    Iris Murdoch and the Art of Imagining

    Dr Marije Altorf

    Offers an appreciation of Iris Murdoch’s philosophy, focusing the importance of images and the imagination for her thought. This book examines how literature and imagination enabled Murdoch to form a…

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    The Moral Vision of Iris Murdoch

    Heather Widdows

    Iris Murdoch’s moral philosophy, although highly influential in the 20th century, is somewhat unsystematic and inaccessible. By examining all of Murdoch’s contributions to moral philosophy, from her short papers to…

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    Iris Murdoch: Philosophical Novelist

    Dr Miles Leeson

    A reassessment of Iris Murdoch’s fictional work regarding the links with her own philosophy and the philosophy of Plato, Sartre, Nietzsche, Heidegger and Freud. By investigating her use of philosophical…

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    Iris Murdoch: Philosophical Novelist

    Dr Miles Leeson

    A reassessment of Murdoch’s fictional work regarding her links with her own philosophy and the philosophy of Plato, Sartre, Nietzsche, Heidegger and Freud.

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    The Moral Vision of Iris Murdoch

    Heather Widdows

    Iris Murdoch’s moral philosophy, although highly influential in the 20th century, is somewhat unsystematic and inaccessible. By examining all of Murdoch’s contributions to moral philosophy, from her short papers to…

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    Iris Murdoch: Figures Of Good

    Suguna Ramanathan

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    Why Iris Murdoch Matters

    Professor Gary Browning (Oxford Brookes University, UK)

    In Why Iris Murdoch Matters Gary Browning draws on as yet unpublished archival material to present an unrivalled overview of Murdoch’s work and thought. Browning argues for Murdoch’s position amongst…

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    Iris Murdoch, Gender and Philosophy

    Sabina Lovibond

    The first thorough exploration of Murdoch and gender, Iris Murdoch, Gender and Philosophy is a fresh contribution to debates in feminist philosophy and gender studies, and essential reading for anyone…

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    Iris Murdoch, Gender and Philosophy

    Sabina Lovibond

    The first thorough exploration of Murdoch and gender, Iris Murdoch, Gender and Philosophy is a fresh contribution to debates in feminist philosophy and gender studies, and essential reading for anyone…

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    Iris Murdoch: A Centenary Celebration

    Murdoch is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. This collection brings together friends, colleagues, fellow and past students, and those who worked with her…

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    Iris Murdoch: Texts and Contexts

    Using unpublished archive material, including correspondence and the many annotations Murdoch made to the books held in her Oxford library, this book offers fresh insights into Murdoch’s work by placing…

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    Iris Murdoch: A Literary Life

    P. Martin,Anne Rowe

    This largely chronological study of Iris Murdoch’s literary life begins with her fledgling publications at Badminton School and Oxford, and her Irish heritage. It moves through the novels of the…

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    Iris Murdoch: A Literary Life

    P. Martin,Anne Rowe

    This largely chronological study of Iris Murdoch’s literary life begins with her fledgling publications at Badminton School and Oxford, and her Irish heritage. It moves through the novels of the…

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    Iris Murdoch: The Retrospective Fiction

    B. Nicol

    This volume considers one of the major British novelists of the postwar years in a new light, arguing that her compulsive plots and characters are often motivated by the insistent…

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