The Integration of the Self

Women in the Fiction of Iris Murdoch and Margaret Drabble

Afaf Jamil Khogeer (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

256 Seiten

2006
University Press of America (Verlag)
978-0-7618-2792-4 (ISBN)

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The Integration of the Self is a literary, socio-psychological study of human relationships as shown by authors of their female characters. In an effort to highlight the distinctive features of two important contemporary British women novelists of renown, Iris Murdoch and Margaret Drabble, this book examines the novelists' different approaches to human problems in general and to the problems of women in particular. This study investigates both writers' concepts of the twentieth century woman, and their views about the relation between characters as well as the impact of the past on the future. It also emphasizes the disparities and similarities that exist between the concerns uppermost in Murdoch's mind and the topics closest to Drabble's heart.

The study is expected to prove-through the analysis of the novels and the personal interviews the author has conducted with Murdoch and Drabble-that they are two different personalities who have, save nationality, language, university education, and place of residence, little in common. By stressing the most important characteristics that distinguish one novelist from another, this book hopes to contribute to a better understanding of the two authors and their works.

Afaf Jamil Khogeer is Associate Professor of English Literature and Chairman of the Department of English-women's section-at Umm Al-Qura University, Holy Makkah, Saudi Arabia.

Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Acknowledgments
Chapter 3 Abbreviations
Chapter 4 The Early Period: Iris Murdoch's Early Period: The Flight from the Enchanter and The Bell; Margaret Drabble's Early Period: A Summer Bird-Cage and The Garrich Year
Chapter 5 The Middle Period: Iris Murdoch's Middle Period: The Red and The Green and An Accidental Man; Margaret Drabble's Middle Period: Jerusalem the Golden and The Needle's Eye
Chapter 6 The Later Period: Iris Murdoch's Later Period: The Sea, The Sea and The Good Apprentice; Margaret Drabble's Later Period: The Realms of Gold and The Radiant Way
Chapter 7 Conclusion
Chapter 8 Bibliography
Chapter 9 Appendix A: An Interview with Margaret Drabble
Chapter 10 Appendix B: An Interview with Iris Murdoch
Chapter 11 Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	5.6.2006
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	163 x 228 mm
Gewicht	390 g
Themenwelt	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	0-7618-2792-7 / 0761827927
ISBN-13	978-0-7618-2792-4 / 9780761827924
Zustand	Neuware