Jordan, Julia 2012. 'A Thingy World': Iris Murdoch's stuff. Modern Language Review 107 (2) , pp. 364-378. 10.5699/modelangrevi.107.2.0364 |
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Abstract
This essay considers two of Iris Murdoch's novels, The Black Prince (1973) and The Sea, the Sea (1978), and argues that the representation of objects in both offers us manifold interpretative possibilities, and a new approach to some of Murdoch's most significant ideas. It examines how the relationship between the subject and the object in her fiction is negotiated, and how objects inform her theories of character, contingency, and forgiveness, and suggests that in these two novels the way in which the self exists among objects eventually constitutes its own construction and definition.
Item Type: | Article |
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Date Type: | Publication |
Status: | Published |
Schools: | English, Communication and Philosophy |
Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PR English literature |
Additional Information: | Pdf uploaded in accordance with publisher's policy at http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/0026-7937/ (accessed 19/02/2014). |
Publisher: | Modern Humanities Research Association |
ISSN: | 0026-7937 |
Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 30 March 2016 |
Last Modified: | 05 May 2023 08:03 |
URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/36029 |
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