Exploring Metaphysics :
Pattanaik Bhubanananda
Exploring Metaphysics : The novels of Iris Murdoch / Bhubanananda Pattanaik. - 2012. - New Delhi. Adhyayan Publishers & Distributors; 2012. - 168 p . ; hardbound 14x22cm
1. Introduction: Life, Art and Philosophy
2. The Fifties: Under the net of concepts
3. The sixties: form and contingency
4. The seventies: Between fiction and Metafiction
5. The Eighties: The centrifugal consciousness
6.The Nineties: Alzheimer and Quotidian Mnemonics
7. Conclusion
This book is a celebration of the charm and fascination of reading the novels of Iris Murdoch. It is an attempt to relate her craftsmanship to her moral philosophy. As her philosophy underwent a change, her concerns of theme and craft changed and this process continued till her last. But in spite of various twists and turns her realistic zeal never takes the back seat. It is eternally present in her novels as an important component of her craft complementing her experimental dimensions, and preventing obfuscation of thematic patterns.
978-81-8435-329-7
823.91409 / PAT
Exploring Metaphysics : The novels of Iris Murdoch / Bhubanananda Pattanaik. - 2012. - New Delhi. Adhyayan Publishers & Distributors; 2012. - 168 p . ; hardbound 14x22cm
1. Introduction: Life, Art and Philosophy
2. The Fifties: Under the net of concepts
3. The sixties: form and contingency
4. The seventies: Between fiction and Metafiction
5. The Eighties: The centrifugal consciousness
6.The Nineties: Alzheimer and Quotidian Mnemonics
7. Conclusion
This book is a celebration of the charm and fascination of reading the novels of Iris Murdoch. It is an attempt to relate her craftsmanship to her moral philosophy. As her philosophy underwent a change, her concerns of theme and craft changed and this process continued till her last. But in spite of various twists and turns her realistic zeal never takes the back seat. It is eternally present in her novels as an important component of her craft complementing her experimental dimensions, and preventing obfuscation of thematic patterns.
978-81-8435-329-7
823.91409 / PAT