Iris Murdoch’s Wild Imagination: Nature and the Environment (Iris Murdoch Today)

By: Lucy Oulton

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Synopsis: This book presents the first ecocritical study of novelist, philosopher, poet and public intellectual Iris Murdoch (1919–1999). It brings her love of the natural world into the light, arguing for its critical significance when Murdoch conveys an awareness of intricately interconnected ecologies through her work: an awareness that anticipates the motivations and concerns of modern-day environmental humanities. The book is the first of its kind to assess some of Murdoch's poems, seen as early articulation of the environmental imagination that finds recurrent expression in her novels, philosophical writings and personal journals throughout her writing life. This book offers a significant entry point for a new research direction in Murdoch studies by explicating her unique perspective on the natural world.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9783031878336
Related ISBNs:: 9783031878329
Publisher:: Springer Nature Switzerland
Date of Addition:: 05/10/25
Copyrighted By:: The Editor
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Science, Literature and Fiction, Outdoors and Nature, Language Arts, Philosophy
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.