Iris Murdoch and morality
By: edited by Anne Rowe and Avril Horner.
Contributors: Rowe, Anne, 1952-; Horner, Avril, 1947-
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230224452
Subjects: Murdoch, Iris -- Criticism and interpretation; Murdoch, Iris -- Ethics; Ethics in literature
Description: "This volume, featuring contributions from a number of leading scholars, explores the ways in which the moral positions Iris Murdoch adopts in her philosophy and theology can be aligned with her fiction, demonstrating how Murdoch's work can contribute significantly to discussions about the relationship between literature and morality"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: AcknowledgementsNotes on ContributorsNotes on References and AbbreviationsIntroduction: Art, Morals and The Discovery of Reality; title: A.Rowe &; title: A.HornerPART I: MORALITY AND THE NOVEL Murdochs Mannered realism: Metafiction, Morality and the Post-War Novel; title: B.NicolThe Preachers Tone: Murdochs Mentors and Moralists; title: P.MartinStories, Rituals and Healers in Iris Murdochs Novels; title: R.HardyLaughing at Something Tragic: Murdoch as Anti-Moralist; title: P.ConradiRefinements of Evil: Iris Murdoch and the Gothic; title: A.HornerPART II: A MORAL UNION: PHILOSOPHY AND LITERATURE Iris Murdoch: the Ethical Turn and Literary Value; title: S.HainesMurdochs Fictional Philosophers: What They Say and What They Show; title: S.MooreDeath and Goodness: Brunos Dream and The Sovereignty of Good Over Other Concepts; title: M.LuprechtJacksons Dilemma and The Responsible Life of the Imagination; title: F.WhitePART III: MORALITY WITHOUT GOD: IRIS MURDOCHS SECULAR THEOLOGY The dream that Does Not cease to haunt Us: Iris Murdochs Holiness; title: A.RoweA Story About a Man: The Demythologised Christ in the Work of Iris Murdoch and Patrick White; title: P.OsbornDo Not Seek God Outside Your Own Soul: Buddhism in The Green Knight; title: T.GrimshawThe Moral Fate of Fictive Persons: On Iris Murdochs Humanism; title: W.SchweikerIndex.