Description
Best known as the author of 26 novels, Iris Murdoch was also an accomplished essayist and critic who taught philosophy for many years at Oxford University. This work gathers for the first time in one volume her most influential essays and shorter pieces. Included are her major critiques of existentialism written in the 1950s, her two Platonic dialogues on art and religion, incisive evaluations of the writings of T.S. Eliot, Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Camus, Simone de Bauvoir, and Elias Canetti, as well as key texts on the continuing importance of the sublime, on the concept of love, and of the role great literature can play in curing the ills of philosophy. This volume confirms Iris Murdoch's major contributions to the literature and thought of the 20th century.
About the Author
Iris Murdoch (1919-1999) was born in Dublin and brought up in London. She studied philosophy at Cambridge and was a philosophy fellow at St. Anne's College for 20 years. She published her first novel in 1954 and was instantly recognized as a major talent. She went on to publish more than 26 novels, as well as works of philosophy, plays, and poetry.
Reviews
"Brilliantly readable . . . Murdoch can make the most demanding questions of life accessible and exciting." -The Baltimore Sun
"Existentialists and Mystics desribes the intellectual journey of a lifetime. This book is Murdoch's key. Readers will find much here to stimulate, entertain and edify. No one conveys the beauty and excitement of philosophy better than Murdoch." -Hilary Spurling, Daily Telegraph
"Murdoch, a wondrous writer and a careful student of the history of thought, is endowed a rare talent for philosophical writing-she offers, in accessible prose, insight into some of the great questoins that have preoccupied thinkers for centuries." -San Diego Union
"Tight, graceful writing, and a pleasure to read . . . [Murdoch's moral theory] has a real claim to our attention." -Elijah Millgram, The Boston Review
"A perceptive investigation into the symbiotic relationship of philosophy and literature." -The Guardian
Book Information
ISBN 9780140264920
Author Iris Murdoch
Format Paperback
Page Count 576
Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Weight(grams) 465g
Dimensions(mm) 202mm * 132mm * 32mm
About the Author
Iris Murdoch (1919-1999) was born in Dublin and brought up in London. She studied philosophy at Cambridge and was a philosophy fellow at St. Anne's College for 20 years. She published her first novel in 1954 and was instantly recognized as a major talent. She went on to publish more than 26 novels, as well as works of philosophy, plays, and poetry.
Reviews
"Brilliantly readable . . . Murdoch can make the most demanding questions of life accessible and exciting." -The Baltimore Sun
"Existentialists and Mystics desribes the intellectual journey of a lifetime. This book is Murdoch's key. Readers will find much here to stimulate, entertain and edify. No one conveys the beauty and excitement of philosophy better than Murdoch." -Hilary Spurling, Daily Telegraph
"Murdoch, a wondrous writer and a careful student of the history of thought, is endowed a rare talent for philosophical writing-she offers, in accessible prose, insight into some of the great questoins that have preoccupied thinkers for centuries." -San Diego Union
"Tight, graceful writing, and a pleasure to read . . . [Murdoch's moral theory] has a real claim to our attention." -Elijah Millgram, The Boston Review
"A perceptive investigation into the symbiotic relationship of philosophy and literature." -The Guardian
Book Information
ISBN 9780140264920
Author Iris Murdoch
Format Paperback
Page Count 576
Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Weight(grams) 465g
Dimensions(mm) 202mm * 132mm * 32mm
