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Iris Murdoch (1919-1999) was one of the most popular and productive English novelists of the twentieth century. This Literary Life not only concentrates on her fiction but also places it in the contexts of her personal and professional life and the political and cultural developments... Read Full Overview

This largely chronological study of Iris Murdoch's literary life begins with her fledgling publications at Badminton School and Oxford, and her Irish heritage. It moves through the novels of the next four decades and concludes with an account of the biographical, critical and... Read Full Overview