Existentialists and Mystics: Writings on Philosophy and Literature
Iris Murdoch is a poet, philosopher, novelist, and playwright, and in this  collection of her most careful thinking and writing on the relationship between art and  philosophy, we are treated to the fruits of decades of good work. Murdoch's changing  ideas about the search for meaning in literature and life lead us down a richly rewarding  path. Along the way she discussesT. S. Eliot,Dante Alighieri,Matthew Arnold, and  many other major literary figures. For cognitive power, a sweeping overview of Western  thought and art, and a respectful engagement with the reader, put it on the shelf beside the  collected works ofKenneth Burke.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.