The Green Knight (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Iris Murdoch
- First Published: 1993
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: The early 1990’s
- Setting: London and its suburbs
- Principal Characters: Louise Anderson, Alethea (Aleph) Anderson, Sophia (Sefton) Anderson, Moira (Moy) Anderson, Harvey Blacket, Joan Blacket, Clement Graffe, Lucas Graffe, Bellamy James, Peter Mir
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Family or family life, Love or romance, Sex or sexuality, Psychology or psychologists, Middle classes, Marriage, England or English people, Revenge, Colleges or universities, Wounds or injuries
- Locales: London, England
In an essay on Message to the Planet (1991), Karen A. Kildahl remarks that “part of the interest” in reviewing a novel by Iris Murdoch lies in charting “the intense reactions it invariably provokes among reviewers.” An Oxford professor, Murdoch has used her vast store of knowledge about literature and philosophy to give her novels a sense of intellectual depth not always present in popular fiction; on occasion, however, critics have found this smattering of erudition simply window dressing aimed at making the commonplace seem more significant than it really is. It is...
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