Acknowledgements.- List of Abbreviations.- Introduction.- The Early Novels.- The Romantic Phase.- Conflicts of Good and Evil.- Metaphors for Life.- The Mystic Novels.- Myth, Magic and Mystery.- Conclusion.- Notes.- Select Bibliography.- Index.
'Spear's authoritative book combines informed biography with the most coherent overview of Murdoch's work I have encountered, and with astute insights into individual novels.' - Peter Reed, University of Minnesota, USA 'Spear provides an invaluable basis for the study of Murdoch's novels, both for the inquisitive lay reader and students of her work.' - Anne Rowe, Kingston University, UK 'Hilda Spear's achievement in pointing out the relationship between Iris Murdoch's novels and her philosophical ideas has been considerable. It is therefore not surprising that a 2nd edition was deemed necessary to bring in the last work of Iris Murdoch, and Peter Conradi's biography of 2001.' - Margaret Weldhen, The Use of English
HILDA D. SPEAR is an Honorary Research Fellow of Dundee University, UK, having retired from her position as Senior Lecturer there in 1993. She is the author and editor of several books on the literature of the First World War as well as two Palgrave Master Guides on Wuthering Heights and A Passage to India.
'Spear's authoritative book combines informed biography with the most coherent overview of Murdoch's work I have encountered, and with astute insights into individual novels.' - Peter Reed, University of Minnesota, USA 'Spear provides an invaluable basis for the study of Murdoch's novels, both for the inquisitive lay reader and students of her work.' - Anne Rowe, Kingston University, UK
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