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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Iris_MurdochIris Murdoch - Wikipedia

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   Dame Jean Iris Murdoch DBE (/ ˈ m ɜːr d ɒ k / MUR-dok; 15 July 1919 – 8 February 1999) was an Irish and British novelist and philosopher. Murdoch is best known for her novels about good and evil , sexual relationships , morality , and the power of the unconscious .

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3. www.britannica.com › biography › Iris-MurdochIris Murdoch | Biography, Books, & Facts | Britannica

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   May 5, 2024 · Iris Murdoch (born July 15, 1919, Dublin, Ireland—died February 8, 1999, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England) was a British novelist and philosopher noted for her psychological novels that contain philosophical and comic elements.

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4. thebookerprizes.com › the-booker-library › featuresWhere to start with Iris Murdoch: a guide to her best novels

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   Nov 9, 2023 · Iris Murdoch wrote 26 novels, seven of which were nominated for a Booker Prize, but with so many books to choose from, where should you start? This article selects some of her best works, from The Black Prince to The Sea, The Sea, and explains why she was a clever and ambitious writer who entertained with her wit and insights.

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6. plato.stanford.edu › entries › murdochIris Murdoch (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

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   Mar 23, 2022 · Iris Murdoch. First published Wed Mar 23, 2022; substantive revision Tue Apr 19, 2022. Iris Murdoch (1919–1999) was a prominent British philosopher of the second half of the 20 th century, best known for her moral philosophy.

7. www.theguardian.com › books › 2019Iris Murdoch at 100: ‘Her books are full of passion and ...

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   Jul 13, 2019 · Iris Murdoch. This article is more than 4 years old. Iris Murdoch at 100: ‘Her books are full of passion and disaster’. Love, sadness, fear, lust, power ... Murdoch’s strange, radical...

8. www.nytimes.com › in-praise-of-iris-murdochIn Praise of Iris Murdoch - The New York Times

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   Jan 3, 2019 · Go for the books Murdoch is best known for, particularly the Booker Prize-winning, ‘THE SEA, THE SEA,’ about a retired theater director who learns that his adolescent love, Hartley, has ...

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   • Iris Murdoch, British novelist and philosopher noted for her psychological novels that contain philosophical and comic elements. Her novels typically have convoluted plots in which innumerable characters representing philosophical positions undergo kaleidoscopic changes in their relations to each other.

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   Who is Dame Jean Iris Murdoch?

   • Dame Jean Iris Murdoch DBE ( / ˈmɜːrdɒk / MUR-dok; 15 July 1919 – 8 February 1999) was an Irish and British novelist and philosopher. Murdoch is best known for her novels about good and evil, sexual relationships, morality, and the power of the unconscious.

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   • Kate Winslet as Murdoch in the 2001 biopic Iris. Photograph: Buena Vista/PA Murdoch’s novels teem with characters who are opaque to one another, confusingly impulsive, acting out ruptures in their supposedly intimate relationships or with their personal histories.

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   • The Iris Murdoch Society publishes (since 2008) a twice-yearly journal, the Iris Murdoch Review (see Other Internet Resources ), that had been almost entirely a venue for scholarship and commentary on Murdoch’s literary oeuvre, but recently has started to carry much more philosophy.

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10. www.nytimes.com › 2019/06/25 › booksOn the Centennial of Iris Murdoch’s Birth, Remembering a 20th ...

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    Jun 25, 2019 · June 25, 2019. People who met the British novelist and philosopher Iris Murdoch (1919-1999) tended to want to describe her. She had big, round blue eyes, strawlike hair and a broad face with...