Iris Murdoch, a Writer at War: Letters and Diaries, 1939-1945

By Iris Murdoch

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199756031
• ISBN13: 9780199756032
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Oxford Univ PR
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.3"