TY - BOOK ID - 78147404 TI - Iris Murdoch : philosophical novelist PY - 2010 SN - 1472542495 1441179046 9781441179043 1306847419 9781306847414 9781441110220 9780826443700 9781472542496 0826443702 9780826443700 1441110224 9781441110220 9781441127631 1441127631 PB - London New York Continuum DB - UniCat KW - Philosophy in literature. KW - Murdoch, Iris KW - Bayley, Iris KW - Murdoch, Jean Iris KW - Mėrdok, Aĭris KW - Murdokh, Airis KW - Мердок, Айрис KW - Мердок, А. KW - מורדוך, אייריס KW - מרדוק, אייריס KW - Bayley, John O., KW - Criticism and interpretation. KW - Philosophy. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78147404 AB - This book provides a concise and highly readable reassessment of Iris Murdoch's engagement with philosophy throughout her life and proposes that she was, most importantly, a philosophical novelist. By investigating her use of philosophical argument in her fictional writing, it becomes clear that her narratives always depend upon a strong metaphysical underpinning. Leeson proceeds thematically through the philosophical phases of Murdoch's life and develops a clear argument that Murdoch reacts against the philosophies of Sartre, Plato, Nietzsche and Heidegger not only in her philosophical writings but also in her fiction. Indeed, it is in her fiction that her philosophical argument is most persuasive and accessible. This timely study provides new information regarding Murdoch's engagement with Martin Heidegger and also provides a detailed critique of critics who have overlooked Murdoch's engagement with philosophy within her fiction ER -