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035 _a(DE-B1597)468063
035 _a(OCoLC)1013955154
035 _a(OCoLC)1029825011
035 _a(OCoLC)1032684376
035 _a(OCoLC)1037982313
035 _a(OCoLC)1041993794
035 _a(OCoLC)1046607182
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aMurdoch, Iris
_eautore
245 1 0 _aLiving on Paper :
_bLetters from Iris Murdoch, 1934-1995 /
_cIris Murdoch; Avril Horner, Anne Rowe.
264 1 _aPrinceton, NJ :
_bPrinceton University Press,
_c[2016]
264 4 _c©2016
300 _a1 online resource :
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tCONTENTS --
_tList of Illustrations --
_tIntroduction --
_tPART ONE: Schoolgirl and Student --
_tPART TWO: Work and War --
_tPART THREE: Academic and Author --
_tPART FOUR: Decisions --
_tPART FIVE: The RCA Years --
_tPART SIX: Woman of Letters --
_tPART SEVEN: Dame Iris --
_tPART EIGHT: Last Letters --
_tDirectory of Names and Terms --
_tMurdoch's Novels and Their Dedicatees --
_tSources of Letters --
_tAbbreviations --
_tNotes --
_tAcknowledgements --
_tIndex
520 _aIris 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.
530 _aIssued also in print.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)
650 0 _aWomen authors, English
_y20th century
_vCorrespondence.
650 7 _aLITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters.
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700 1 _aHorner, Avril
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700 1 _aRowe, Anne
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850 _aIT-RoAPU
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