Format:
Online-Ressource
ISBN:
9781472542496
Series Statement:
Continuum literary studies
Content:
Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Murdoch's earliest work and the Existential -- 3. A Severed Head: The Impact of Freud and Nietzsche -- 4. Heidegger and The Time of the Angels -- 5. The Bell and Platonism -- 6. The Philosopher's Pupil: A Revision of Ideas? -- 7. A Wittgensteinian Neo-Platonist: The Green Knight -- 8. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
Content:
This book provides a concise and highly readable reassessment of Iris Murdoch's engagement with philosophy throughout her life and proposes that she was, most importantly, a philosophical novelist. By investigating her use of philosophical argument in her fictional writing, it becomes clear that her narratives always depend upon a strong metaphysical underpinning. Leeson proceeds thematically through the philosophical phases of Murdoch's life and develops a clear argument that Murdoch reacts against the philosophies of Sartre, Plato, Nietzsche and Heidegger not only in her philosophical writings but also in her fiction. Indeed, it is in her fiction that her philosophical argument is most persuasive and accessible. This timely study provides new information regarding Murdoch's engagement with Martin Heidegger and also provides a detailed critique of critics who have overlooked Murdoch's engagement with philosophy within her fiction
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780826443700
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781441110220
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781441127631
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781441179043
Additional Edition:
Available in another form
Language:
English
Subjects:
English Studies
Keywords:
Murdoch, Iris 1919-1999
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Philosophie
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Philosophie
DOI:
10.5040/9781472542496
