Iris Murdoch [electronic resource] : A Literary Life /
Martin, P.author.
Rowe, Anne.author.
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 next four decades and concludes with an account of the biographical, critical and media attention given to her life and work since her death in 1999.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chronology -- Early life -- After the war -- Triangles and polygons -- Ireland -- New directions -- The love machine -- Retreats and returns -- The late novels -- Afterlife -- Select bibliography.
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 next four decades and concludes with an account of the biographical, critical and media attention given to her life and work since her death in 1999.
Murdoch, Iris.
British literature.
Literature, Modern—20th century.
Literature—History and criticism.
British and Irish Literature.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
Literary History.