{"product_id":"existentialists-and-mystics-writings-on-philosophy-and-literature-paperback","title":"Existentialists and Mystics: Writings on Philosophy and Literature - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIris Murdoch\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBest known as the author of twenty-six novels, \u003cb\u003eIris Murdoch\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003cb\u003eT. S. Eliot, Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Camus, Simone de Beauvior\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eElias Canetti\u003c\/b\u003e, 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.\u003cb\u003eExistentialists and Mystics\u003c\/b\u003e not only illuminates the mysticism and intellectual underpinnings of Murdoch's novels, but confirms her major contributions to twentieth-century thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIris Murdoch\u003c\/b\u003e (1919-1999) was born in Dublin and brought up in London. She studied philosophy at Cambridge and was a philosophy fellow at St. Anne's College for 20 years. She published her first novel in 1954 and was instantly recognized as a major talent. She went on to publish more than 26 novels, as well as works of philosophy, plays, and poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 576\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.38 x 7.98 x 5.46 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52035040641325,"sku":"9780140264920","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/RzVGbm5QUnJoc2QySGgzSzRxdVNrZz09.webp?v=1777726222","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/existentialists-and-mystics-writings-on-philosophy-and-literature-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}