Iris Murdoch: The Retrospective Fiction

by Bran Nicol

Book Overview

Iris Murdoch: The Retrospective Fiction traces the preoccupation in Murdoch's fiction with the way the past makes its mark upon us, haunting us and eluding our attempts to grasp it. This argument was given an extra resonance by the death of Murdoch after Alzheimer's disease in 1999, when the book was first published - a curious blurring of life and work typical of the posthumous reassessment of Murdoch. This new edition includes detailed readings...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403916659
• ISBN13: 9781403916655
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 201 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.5"