Iris Murdoch, A Writer at War
Letters and Diaries, 1939-1945
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, British, Essays & Letters, Biography & Memoir, Literary
| Author: | ISBN: | 9780199831944 | |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press | Publication: | April 23, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9780199831944 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Publication: | April 23, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Language: | English |
These never before published writings comprise Iris Murdoch's passionate wartime correspondence with two early intimates: the poet Frank Thompson, brother of the historian E.P. Thompson, who was killed in 1944, and David Hicks, with whom she had a dramatic affair, engagement, and breakup. It also includes the journal that Murdoch kept as a touring actress during August of 1939. The selection sheds new light on a brilliant young mind ("sharp and polished as a sword" as Frances Wilson describes it), while painting a vivid picture of life during the Second World War.
These never before published writings comprise Iris Murdoch's passionate wartime correspondence with two early intimates: the poet Frank Thompson, brother of the historian E.P. Thompson, who was killed in 1944, and David Hicks, with whom she had a dramatic affair, engagement, and breakup. It also includes the journal that Murdoch kept as a touring actress during August of 1939. The selection sheds new light on a brilliant young mind ("sharp and polished as a sword" as Frances Wilson describes it), while painting a vivid picture of life during the Second World War.
