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Iris Murdoch: Texts and Contexts

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  • © 2012

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Editors:
  1. Anne Rowe

    1. Kingston University, London, UK

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  2. Avril Horner

    1. Kingston University, London, UK

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Anne Rowe, Avril Horner
      Pages 1-8

  3. Theological and Visionary Contexts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Iris Murdoch: A Case of Star-Friendship

      • Don Cupitt
      Pages 11-16

    3. The Visionary Aspects of Iris Murdoch’s Philosophy

      • Heather Widdows
      Pages 17-29

  4. Political and Cultural Contexts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 31-31
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    2. Iris Murdoch and the Two Cultures: Science, Philosophy and the Novel

      • Patricia Waugh
      Pages 33-58

    3. Iris Murdoch, Ian McEwan and the Place of the Political in Contemporary Fiction

      • Anne Rowe, Sara Upstone
      Pages 59-73

  5. The Derridean Context

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75
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    2. Murdoch and Derrida: Holding Hands under the Table

      • Tony Milligan
      Pages 77-90

    3. Murdoch, Derrida and The Black Prince

      • Paul S. Fiddes
      Pages 91-109

    4. Minding the Gap: Mourning in the Work of Murdoch and Derrida

      • Pamela Osborn
      Pages 110-125

  6. Contexts of Power

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-127
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    2. Iris Murdoch and Theodor Reik: Sado-Masochism in The Black Prince

      • Mark Luprecht
      Pages 129-144

    3. Iris Murdoch and Elias Canetti: Towards a Reassessment

      • Elaine Morley
      Pages 145-159

  8. Biographical Contexts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 207-207
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About this book

Using unpublished archive material, including correspondence and the many annotations Murdoch made to the books held in her Oxford library, this book offers fresh insights into Murdoch's work by placing it within a diversity of new contexts. It also reveals startling parallels between Murdoch's work and other literary and philosophical texts.

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'A splendid collection, innovative and enlightening. The essays ably examine Iris Murdoch's work anew or afresh in a wide variety of contexts: biographical, cultural, theological, political, philosophical, psychological, scientific, deconstructionist, cinematic and intertextual. This book is a major contribution to Murdoch studies.' - Priscilla Martin, University of Oxford, UK

Editors and Affiliations

  • Kingston University, London, UK

    Anne Rowe, Avril Horner

About the editors

DON CUPITT Emeritus Professor, University of Cambridge, UK PAUL S. FIDDES Professor of Systematic Theology, University of Oxford, UK MARK LUPRECHT Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies, University of Tennessee, USA TONY MILLIGAN Teaching Fellow, University of Aberdeen, UK ELAINE MORLEY Associate Lecturer, University of Kent, UK ALEX RAMON Lecturer, Kingston University, UK JANFARIE SKINNER Independent scholar, UK SARA UPSTONE Principal Lecturer, Kingston University, UK WENDY VAIZEY Lecturer, Kingston University, UK PATRICIA WAUGH Professor, Durham University, UK FRANCES WHITE Assistant to the Director of the Centre for Iris Murdoch Studies, Kingston University, UK HEATHER WIDDOWS Professor, University of Birmingham, UK

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