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

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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Grimshaw, Tammy, 1962-
Corporate Author: NetLibrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Madison [N.J.] : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, [2005]
Subjects:
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.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of 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
  • Conclusion : contradictions, paradoxes, and reconciliations.