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- Best known as the author of twenty-six novels, Iris Murdoch has also made significant contributions to the fields of ethics and aesthetics.
- About the Author: Iris Murdoch (1919-1999) was born in Dublin and brought up in London.
- 576 Pages
- Philosophy, Movements
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About the Book
Best known as the author of 26 novels, the late Murdoch also made significant contributions to the fields of ethics and aesthetics. Collected here for the first time in one volume are her most influential literary and philosophical essays.Book Synopsis
Best known as the author of twenty-six novels, Iris Murdoch has also made significant contributions to the fields of ethics and aesthetics. Collected here for the first time in one volume are her most influential literary and philosophical essays. Tracing Murdoch's journey to a modern Platonism, this volume includes incisive evaluations of the thought and writings of T. S. Eliot, Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Camus, Simone de Beauvior, and Elias Canetti, as well as key texts on the continuing importance of the sublime, on the concept of love, and the role great literature can play in curing the ills of philosophy.Existentialists and Mystics not only illuminates the mysticism and intellectual underpinnings of Murdoch's novels, but confirms her major contributions to twentieth-century thought.Review Quotes
"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
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.Dimensions (Overall): 7.98 Inches (H) x 5.46 Inches (W) x 1.38 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.09 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: Movements
Genre: Philosophy
Number of Pages: 576
Publisher: Penguin Books
Theme: Existentialism
Format: Paperback
Author: Iris Murdoch
Language: English
Street Date: July 1, 1999
TCIN: 89573526
UPC: 9780140264920
Item Number (DPCI): 247-08-9337
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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