Two Books Previously owned by Iris Murdoch
TitleTwo Books Previously owned by Iris Murdoch
ReferenceKUAS196
Date
1937-1954
Creator Iris Murdoch, 1919-1999, author
Production date 1937-01-01 - 1954-12-31
Scope and ContentTwo books formerly belonging to Iris Murdoch. Both books have passages marked by, and the second book other annotations by Iris Murdoch. Consists of:
1) Leon Bloy, 'La Femme Pauvre' (Paris, 1937). A note by Murdoch in the front of the book says she received it in 1943 from 'D' [likely Donald MacKinnon]
2) Alexander Gray, 'The Socialist Tradition' (London, 1947) A note by Murdoch in the front of the book says she received it in Mar 1954.
1) Leon Bloy, 'La Femme Pauvre' (Paris, 1937). A note by Murdoch in the front of the book says she received it in 1943 from 'D' [likely Donald MacKinnon]
2) Alexander Gray, 'The Socialist Tradition' (London, 1947) A note by Murdoch in the front of the book says she received it in Mar 1954.
Extent2 volumes
Archival historyPresented to the Archives by Miles Leeson
Persons keyword Iris Murdoch, 1919-1999, author, Donald MacKinnon, 1913-1994, philosopher, Leon Bloy, 1846-1917, writer, Alexander Gray, 1882-1968, scholar and economist
SubjectAnnotations, Books, Philosophy, Politics
Admin. history/BiographyIris Murdoch was born in Dublin, Ireland on 15 Jul 1919. When she was very young Iris and her parents moved to London, where Iris attended the Froebel Institute in Roehampton and Badminton School in Bristol. She followed this with studies in classics, ancient history and philosophy at Oxford, and further study at Cambridge. During the Second World War Murdoch worked for HM Treasury in London and then joined the UNRRA, providing relief in formerly occupied countries in Europe. In 1948 she became a fellow of St Anne's College, Oxford, where she taught and researched philosophy.
Iris Murdoch wrote a number of tracts on philosophy, however it is for her novels that she is best known. She wrote 26 novels in total, her first being 'Under the Net' published in 1954. Other notable works include 'The Bell' and 'The Sea, the Sea', for which she won the Booker Prize in 1978. Her final novel, 'Jackson's Dilemma', was published in 1995.
Iris Murdoch had romantic relationships with a number of individuals. She met author and scholar John Bayley while at Oxford and they married in 1956.
Later in life Murdoch was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, the first effects of which she had attributed to writer's block. Iris Murdoch died in 1999.
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