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Author:

Grimshaw, Tammy, 1962-

Title:

Sexuality, gender, and power in Iris Murdoch's fiction / Tammy Grimshaw.

Publisher:

Fairleigh Dickinson University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

261 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Murdoch, Iris--Criticism and interpretation.
Homosexuality and literature--England--History--20th century.
Feminist fiction, English--History and criticism.
Power (Social sciences) in literature.
Gender identity in literature.
Sex role in literature.
Sex in literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-257) and index.

Contents:

Sexuality, gender, and power in Iris Murdoch's thought and art -- The social construction of homosexuality in Murdoch's fiction -- Iris Murdoch and Simone de Beauvoir : a feminist reading of Murdoch's fiction -- A Foucauldian reading of The bell and A fairly honourable defeat -- A Foucauldian reading of A severed head and The time of the angels -- "Bisexuality" in Henry and Cato and The book and the brotherhood -- Transvestism in The philosopher's pupil, The green knight, and The black prince -- Contradictions, paradoxes, and reconciliations.

ISBN:

9780838640616 (alk. paper)
0838640613 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)57211124

LCCN:

2004028885

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)