EXISTENTIALISTS AND MYSTICS : Writings on Philosophy and Literature
by Murdoch, Iris
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
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Synopsis
Best known as the author of twenty-six novels, Iris Murdoch has also made significant contributions to the fields of ethics and aesthetics. Collected here for the first time in one volume are her most influential literary and philosophical essays. Tracing Murdoch's journey to a modern Platonism, this volume includes incisive evaluations of the thought and writings of T. S. Eliot, Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Camus, Simone de Beauvior , and Elias Canetti , as well as key texts on the continuing importance of the sublime, on the concept of love, and the role great literature can play in curing the ills of philosophy. Existentialists and Mystics not only illuminates the mysticism and intellectual underpinnings of Murdoch's novels, but confirms her major contributions to twentieth-century thought.
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- Bookseller
- Cornish Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019874
- Title
- EXISTENTIALISTS AND MYSTICS : Writings on Philosophy and Literature
- Author
- Murdoch, Iris
- Format/Binding
- Quarter Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Allen Lane / Penguin Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Keywords
- PHILOSOPY/LITERATURE/LITERARY CRITICISM
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