The Resource Living on paper : letters from Iris Murdoch 1934-1995, Iris Murdoch ; edited by Avril Horner and Anne Rowe
Living on paper : letters from Iris Murdoch 1934-1995, Iris Murdoch ; edited by Avril Horner and Anne Rowe
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- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xx, 666 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates)
- Contents
-
- PART FIVE: The RCA Years: January 1963 to November 1967
- PART SIX: Woman of Letters: January 1968 to December 1978
- PART SEVEN: Dame Iris: January 1979 to December 1989
- PART EIGHT: Last Letters: February 1990 to September 1995
- Directory of Names and Terms
- Murdoch's Novels and Their Dedicatees
- Sources of Letters
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Acknowledgements
- Frontmatter
- Index
- CONTENTS
- List of Illustrations
- Introduction
- PART ONE: Schoolgirl and Student: August 1934 to December 1941
- PART TWO: Work and War: July 1942 to October 1947
- PART THREE: Academic and Author: October 1947 to September 1954
- PART FOUR: Decisions: February 1955 to December 1962
- Isbn
- 9781400880300
- Label
- Living on paper : letters from Iris Murdoch 1934-1995
- Title
- Living on paper
- Title remainder
- letters from Iris Murdoch 1934-1995
- Statement of responsibility
- Iris Murdoch ; edited by Avril Horner and Anne Rowe
- Subject
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- Diaries, letters & journals
- Electronic books
- LITERARY COLLECTIONS -- Letters
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- European | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
- Literary studies: from c 1900
- Murdoch, Iris
- Murdoch, Iris -- Correspondence
- Records and correspondence
- Women authors, English
- Women authors, English -- 20th century -- Correspondence
- 1900-1999
- Language
- eng
- 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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- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Murdoch, Iris
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- In English
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1952-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Horner, Avril
- Rowe, Anne
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Murdoch, Iris
- Murdoch, Iris
- Women authors, English
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- LITERARY COLLECTIONS
- Literary studies: from c 1900
- Diaries, letters & journals
- Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
- Women authors, English
- Label
- Living on paper : letters from Iris Murdoch 1934-1995, Iris Murdoch ; edited by Avril Horner and Anne Rowe
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
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- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- PART FIVE: The RCA Years: January 1963 to November 1967
- PART SIX: Woman of Letters: January 1968 to December 1978
- PART SEVEN: Dame Iris: January 1979 to December 1989
- PART EIGHT: Last Letters: February 1990 to September 1995
- Directory of Names and Terms
- Murdoch's Novels and Their Dedicatees
- Sources of Letters
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Acknowledgements
- Frontmatter
- Index
- CONTENTS
- List of Illustrations
- Introduction
- PART ONE: Schoolgirl and Student: August 1934 to December 1941
- PART TWO: Work and War: July 1942 to October 1947
- PART THREE: Academic and Author: October 1947 to September 1954
- PART FOUR: Decisions: February 1955 to December 1962
- Control code
- ocn930781741
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xx, 666 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781400880300
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other control number
- 10.1515/9781400880300
- Other physical details
- illustrations (black and white)
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- 876276
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- not applicable
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- Sound
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- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)930781741
- Label
- Living on paper : letters from Iris Murdoch 1934-1995, Iris Murdoch ; edited by Avril Horner and Anne Rowe
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- PART FIVE: The RCA Years: January 1963 to November 1967
- PART SIX: Woman of Letters: January 1968 to December 1978
- PART SEVEN: Dame Iris: January 1979 to December 1989
- PART EIGHT: Last Letters: February 1990 to September 1995
- Directory of Names and Terms
- Murdoch's Novels and Their Dedicatees
- Sources of Letters
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Acknowledgements
- Frontmatter
- Index
- CONTENTS
- List of Illustrations
- Introduction
- PART ONE: Schoolgirl and Student: August 1934 to December 1941
- PART TWO: Work and War: July 1942 to October 1947
- PART THREE: Academic and Author: October 1947 to September 1954
- PART FOUR: Decisions: February 1955 to December 1962
- Control code
- ocn930781741
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xx, 666 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781400880300
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other control number
- 10.1515/9781400880300
- Other physical details
- illustrations (black and white)
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- 876276
- 65730236-62cb-4501-b46e-add5d03bf0a7
- 22573/ctv3f9zd8
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)930781741
Subject
- Diaries, letters & journals
- Electronic books
- LITERARY COLLECTIONS -- Letters
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- European | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
- Literary studies: from c 1900
- Murdoch, Iris
- Murdoch, Iris -- Correspondence
- Records and correspondence
- Women authors, English
- Women authors, English -- 20th century -- Correspondence
- 1900-1999
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