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Author Zuba, Sonja, 1977-

Title Iris Murdoch's contemporary retrieval of Plato : the influence of an ancient philosopher on a modern novelist / Sonja Zuba ; with a foreword by William Desmond
Published Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 326 pages)
Contents IRIS MURDOCH'S CONTEMPORARY RETRIEVAL OF PLATO: The Influence of an Ancient Philosopher on a Modern Novelist; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Abbreviations; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 -- Art and Philosophy: Literary Theory; Chapter 2 -- Philosophy and Ethics; Chapter 3 -- Philosophy and Metaphysics; Chapter 4 -- Philosophy and Religion; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Summary This book analyzes the work of Iris Murdoch as a thinker concerned with conceptions of human good in contemporary Western cultures. Until now, Murdoch's contributions to literature and the relationship between her philosophical work and her novels have received little comprehensive examination
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Murdoch, Iris -- Criticism and interpretation
Plato -- Influence
SUBJECT Murdoch, Iris fast
Plato fast
Subject Philosophy in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Philosophy in literature
English.
Languages & Literatures.
English Literature.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0773444513
9780773444515