Contemporary Cinema and the Philosophy of Iris Murdoch / / Lucy Bolton.
Opens a dialogue between contemporary film and Iris Murdoch’s thinking on art, goodness and existentialismIris Murdoch was not only one of post-war Britain’s most celebrated and prolific novelists – she was also an influential philosopher, whose work was concerned with the question of the good and h...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©2019 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (248 p.) :; 25 B/W illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Frontispiece: Iris Murdoch pays loving attention to art
- 1 Introduction: Thinking about Cinema and Iris Murdoch
- 2 Film as Art, and Cinema as a Hall of Reflection
- 3 Film as a Moral Fable
- 4 Film and the Existential Hero(ine)
- 5 Film, Love and Goodness
- 6 Film, Comedy and Tragedy
- 7 Film and Women’s Stories
- 8 Metaphysics as a Guide to Movies
- Bibliography
- Filmography
- Index