Degrees of Freedom

The Early Novels of Iris Murdoch

A S Byatt

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Vintage
07 February 1995

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Literary studies: from c 1900 -; Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

Essays on one of the greatest novelists of the twentieth century, Iris Murdoch, by another of the finest writers in modern English literature, A.S.

Byatt. This edition includes revealing material not included in the original publication.

First published in 1965, A.S. Byatt's Degrees of Freedom examined the first eight novels of Iris Murdoch, identifying freedom as a central theme in all of them, and looking at Murdoch's interest in the relations between art and goodness, master and slave, and the novel of character in the nineteenth century sense. Drawing on Iris Murdoch's own critical and philosphical writing, A.S. Byatt discussed her interest in the thought of Sartre, Plato, Freud and Simone Weil, and related this to the form of the novels themselves.

This edition of Degrees of Freedom has an added dossier of later essays and reviews of Iris Murdoch's work by A.

S Byatt, taking us up to the publication of The Book and the Brotherhood in 1987. It also includes a substantial pamplet written for the British Council which follows Murdoch's fiction as far as The Good Apprentice.

By: A S Byatt
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 255g
ISBN: 9780099302247
ISBN 10: 0099302241
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 07 February 1995
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Degrees of Freedom: The Early Novels of Iris Murdoch

Indispensable fto anyone wanting to understand what it is that Iris Murdoch is up to -- Stephen Wall * The Listener * An extremely intelligent and penetrating piece of work -- Frank Kermode * Guardian * Byatt is a wonderful writer, constantly engaging wherever she takes us * The Times * The great merit of Byatt's writing... is that it continually engages the reader's mind * Daily Telegraph *