The Black Prince (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Iris Murdoch
- First Published: 1973
- Type of Work: Philosophical morality
- Time of Work: The 1960’s
- Setting: London
- Principal Characters: Bradley Pearson, Christian Evandale, Francis Marloe, Julian Baffin, Arnold Baffin, Priscilla Saxe, P. Loxias, Rachel Baffin
- Genres: Long fiction, Philosophical realism
- Subjects: 1960’s, Self-discovery, Sex or sexuality, Authors or writers, Art or artists, Writing, Emotions, Good and evil, London, Horror
- Locales: London, England
The Novel
Most of the novel’s action is related in highly subjective form, filtered through the complex and eccentric mind of Bradley Pearson’s first-person narrative. Since Pearson is a scholarly ascetic, much given to philosophizing, the novel abounds in cultural references, from literary quotation to mythic evocation, requiring a high degree of reader erudition or commitment to research. The story is told in retrospect via the posthumous manuscript of the hero, unjustly convicted of murder, who grew into an artist only after several traumatic events and intense suffering...
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