REMEMBERING IRIS MURDOCH by Jeffrey Meyers (Editor) ( 9781137347909 )

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REMEMBERING IRIS MURDOCH
LETTERS AND INTERVIEWS

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ISBN 10:

1137347902

ISBN 13:

9781137347909

Publisher:

PALGRAVE MACMILLAN

Pub. date:

3 May, 2013

Description:

This annotated edition of the unpublished letters that Iris Murdoch wrote to Jeffrey Meyers includes her discussion of writers from Conrad to Updike; her quarrel with Rebecca West; and her difficulty with Alzheimer's. With both scholarly insight and personal reflection, this volume will deepen our understanding of Murdoch's complex life and work.

Synopsis:

Through his work as a literary biographer, Jeffrey Meyers met Murdoch in 1978. Over the next 17 years the two continued to correspond, completing an interview for the Paris Review "Writers at Work" series and becoming friends. In her letters, published for the first time in this volume, Murdoch discusses literature; her unprovoked quarrel with Rebecca West; production of her play The Black Prince; her political views; and her laments at the difficulty writing at the onset of Alzheimer's. This book also includes a memoir of Iris, two interviews with her (with important deleted passages), and a discussion of memoirs by A. N. Wilson and John Bayley. This lively and interesting book, which makes a significant contribution to our understanding of a major modern novelist, will be warmly welcomed by both scholars and readers.

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1 black & white illustrations

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Palgrave Macmillan

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