The works of the novelist and philosopher Jean Iris Murdoch (1919-1999) portray characters whose warped and often dreamlike perceptions of reality create suffering among those whose lives they attempt to dominate. Jean Iris Murdoch was born in Dublin, Ir...
One of the prominent writers of postwar British literature, Iris Murdoch has published twenty-six novels, five philosophical books, five plays, a book of poetry, and most recently two edited volumes of previously uncollected work--another book of poetry...
One of the dominant figures of postwar British literature, Iris Murdoch continues to divide the critics; for example, one of the professors of English at Cambridge University, Frank Kermode, thinks highly of her work, while another, Christopher Ricks, ha...
Rehabilitating niceness Dropping the ball I think I'd be a nicer guy if I wasn't so impatient. Here's just one example of my impatience: I can hardly bear long- winded people. There. I'm out with it. I try to be...
In his speech last night accepting the nomination for vice president on the Democratic ticket, Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina tried to get the crowd in Boston chanting along with him, especially on the phrase "Hope is on the way." But the bland...
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