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Living on Paper : Letters from Iris Murdoch, 1934-1995 / Iris Murdoch; Avril Horner, Anne Rowe.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource : 16 halftonesContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780691180922
  • 9781400880300
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 823.9/14 23
LOC classification:
  • PR6063.U7
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- PART ONE: Schoolgirl and Student -- PART TWO: Work and War -- PART THREE: Academic and Author -- PART FOUR: Decisions -- PART FIVE: The RCA Years -- PART SIX: Woman of Letters -- PART SEVEN: Dame Iris -- PART EIGHT: Last Letters -- Directory of Names and Terms -- Murdoch's Novels and Their Dedicatees -- Sources of Letters -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Acknowledgements -- Index
Summary: Iris Murdoch was an acclaimed novelist and groundbreaking philosopher whose life reflected her unconventional beliefs and values. But what has been missing from biographical accounts has been Murdoch's own voice-her life in her own words. Living on Paper-the first major collection of Murdoch's most compelling and interesting personal letters-gives, for the first time, a rounded self-portrait of one of the twentieth century's greatest writers and thinkers. With more than 760 letters, fewer than forty of which have been published before, the book provides a unique chronicle of Murdoch's life from her days as a schoolgirl to her last years. The result is the most important book about Murdoch in more than a decade.The letters show a great mind at work-struggling with philosophical problems, trying to bring a difficult novel together, exploring spirituality, and responding pointedly to world events. They also reveal her personal life, the subject of much speculation, in all its complexity, especially in letters to lovers or close friends, such as the writers Brigid Brophy, Elias Canetti, and Raymond Queneau, philosophers Michael Oakeshott and Philippa Foot, and mathematician Georg Kreisel. We witness Murdoch's emotional hunger, her tendency to live on the edge of what was socially acceptable, and her irreverence and sharp sense of humor. We also learn how her private life fed into the plots and characters of her novels, despite her claims that they were not drawn from reality.Direct and intimate, these letters bring us closer than ever before to Iris Murdoch as a person, making for an extraordinary reading experience.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- PART ONE: Schoolgirl and Student -- PART TWO: Work and War -- PART THREE: Academic and Author -- PART FOUR: Decisions -- PART FIVE: The RCA Years -- PART SIX: Woman of Letters -- PART SEVEN: Dame Iris -- PART EIGHT: Last Letters -- Directory of Names and Terms -- Murdoch's Novels and Their Dedicatees -- Sources of Letters -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Acknowledgements -- Index

Iris Murdoch was an acclaimed novelist and groundbreaking philosopher whose life reflected her unconventional beliefs and values. But what has been missing from biographical accounts has been Murdoch's own voice-her life in her own words. Living on Paper-the first major collection of Murdoch's most compelling and interesting personal letters-gives, for the first time, a rounded self-portrait of one of the twentieth century's greatest writers and thinkers. With more than 760 letters, fewer than forty of which have been published before, the book provides a unique chronicle of Murdoch's life from her days as a schoolgirl to her last years. The result is the most important book about Murdoch in more than a decade.The letters show a great mind at work-struggling with philosophical problems, trying to bring a difficult novel together, exploring spirituality, and responding pointedly to world events. They also reveal her personal life, the subject of much speculation, in all its complexity, especially in letters to lovers or close friends, such as the writers Brigid Brophy, Elias Canetti, and Raymond Queneau, philosophers Michael Oakeshott and Philippa Foot, and mathematician Georg Kreisel. We witness Murdoch's emotional hunger, her tendency to live on the edge of what was socially acceptable, and her irreverence and sharp sense of humor. We also learn how her private life fed into the plots and characters of her novels, despite her claims that they were not drawn from reality.Direct and intimate, these letters bring us closer than ever before to Iris Murdoch as a person, making for an extraordinary reading experience.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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