Overview
- Presents a reappraisal of Murdoch's novels, through the lens of her discourse with Weinberger
- Multi-disciplinary, incorporating philosophical, literary, and art historical perspectives
- Opens up a new area of scholarship and provides a model for using Murdoch’s archived letters
Part of the book series: Iris Murdoch Today (IMT)
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About this book
The novelist and philosopher Iris Murdoch and the painter Harry Weinberger engaged in over twenty years of close friendship and intellectual discourse, centred on sustained discussion of the practice, teaching and morality of art. This book presents a reappraisal of Murdoch’s novels – chiefly, three mature novels, The Sea, The Sea (1978), Nuns and Soldiers (1980) and The Good Apprentice (1985), and two enigmatic late novels, The Green Knight (1993) and Jackson’s Dilemma (1995) – which are perceived through the prism of her discourse with Weinberger. It draws on a run of almost 400 letters from Murdoch to Weinberger, and on Murdoch’s philosophical writings, Weinberger’s private writings, the remarks of both artists in interviews, and other material relating to their views on art and art history, much of which is unpublished and has received no previous critical attention. Scrutiny of their shared values, methods and the imagistic dialogue that takesplace in their art provides original perspectives on Murdoch’s creativity, and new ways of understanding her experimentation with the visual arts. This book offers a new line of enquiry into Murdoch's novels, and into the relationship between literature and the visual arts.
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Book Title: Iris Murdoch and Harry Weinberger
Book Subtitle: Imaginations and Images
Authors: Rebecca Moden
Series Title: Iris Murdoch Today
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17945-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-17944-0Published: 04 March 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-17947-1Published: 05 March 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-17945-7Published: 03 March 2023
Series ISSN: 2731-331X
Series E-ISSN: 2731-3328
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVII, 391
Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations, 35 illustrations in colour
Topics: Aesthetics, Literary Theory, Arts, Comparative Literature, Twentieth-Century Literature