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THE PHILOSOPHER’S PUPIL, IRIS MURDOCH’S POST-MODERN ALLEGORY OF THE CREATIVE PROCESS ABSTRACT In Iris Murdoch’s novel The Philosopher’s Pupil, the author writes a post-modern allegory of the creative process. In this work, Iris Murdoch teaches her reader how to read allegorically in an age dominated by realism. She
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20 de jul. de 2010 · George McCaffrey, is the putative philosopher’s pupil, though near the end of the novel, we learn later about the appearance of a Steve Glatz, whom Murdoch also refers to as the philosopher’s pupil. Among his various flaws, George McCaffrey is haunted by the possibility that he may have attempted to kill his wife.
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1 de jul. de 1983 · He devotes himself instead to the exquisite, frenzied care of his virginal granddaughter Hattie. And this obsession will lead to murder--as pupil and philosopher join, waters scald and flow, unearthly music is heard, hopeless loves are exorcised. . . and frantic lives become as stilled and serene as a lapping pool.
Murdoch admits about The Philosopher’s Pupil, “this novel has more to do with a pupil teacher relationship which I’ve bee involved in all my life in both roles”.12 Like her other novels such as “A Fairly Honourable Defeat”, “The Black Prince” and "The Sea, the Sea," Iris Murdoch was weaving her tapestry of human frailty, self-deception, and morality in this fiction too.
With breakneck plotting and intricately flawed characters, The Philosopher's Pupil is a darkly humorous novel from the Man Booker Prize–winning author of The Sea, The Sea, masterfully exploring the human condition and the inherent blend of comedy and tragedy therein. Access to over 1 million titles for a fair monthly price.
3 de mar. de 2000 · A darkly comic story of creativity, conscience, rebirth and love, which displays all of Murdoch's virtuoso imagination and narrative genius. In the English town of Ennistone, hot springs bubble up from deep beneath the earth. In these healing waters the townspeople seek health and regeneration, rightousness and ritual cleansing.
