Description
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