Iris Murdoch and Her Work assembles eighteen essays on the work of Iris Murdoch by scholars whose researches on Murdoch are already well-known. The book explores different aspects of Murdoch’s work including her philosophy and fiction and focuses on a wide variety of issues ranging from reading Murdoch as a “fabulator” to the central role Murdoch plays in the “ethical turn”. Approaching Murdoch’s work from multiple perspectives, this book is of interest for Murdoch scholars and literature and philosophy students as well as for general readers.
Mustafa Kirca
HASAN BAKTIR is Assistant Professor of English Literature at Erciyes University in Kayseri, Turkey. He holds his PhD from Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey, and wrote his dissertation on 18th century travel writings and the politics of representing the Oriental in these texts. He has published various articles and paper presentations on travel writing, postcolonial literatures, and cultural studies.
Sule Okuroglu
Lieferzeit
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Lieferzeit 2-3 Werktage.
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herausgegeben von | Mustafa Kirca, Sule Okuroglu |
Seitenzahl |
244
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Typ |
Paperback
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Erscheinungsdatum |
01.02.2010
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Format |
21,0 cm x 15,0 cm
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Sprache |
Englisch
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ISBN
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978-3-8382-0020-0
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Gewicht
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345 g
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„[.] the two essays with which the anthology opens (by Nicol and White) are important markers in the current state of Murdoch studies. Their inclusion makes a noteworthy contribution to contemporary Murdoch scholarship and suggests this volume as essential reading for new students of Murdoch seeking to understand her place in current intellectual and literary debate. The volume adds to established areas of research and also points to relatively new terrain Murdoch’s interest in Buddhism and Indian literature, her influence on other writers and theoreticians and her literary relationships with contemporaries represent just a few of the many rich and exciting areas awaiting scholarly attention.” (The Iris Murdoch Review, 3/2011)
„[.] the two essays with which the anthology opens (by Nicol and White) are important markers in the current state of Murdoch studies. Their inclusion makes a noteworthy contribution to contemporary Murdoch scholarship and suggests this volume as essenti