Show Notes
In this episode Miles talks to Dr Frances White (University of Chichester) about her new book, Iris Murdoch and Remorse: Past Forgiving? They cover key Murdoch novels, philosophy, psychoanalysis, her play 'The One Alone', and connections with post-war history.
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-43013-8
Frances White is a Visiting Research Fellow and Deputy Director of the Iris Murdoch Research Centre at the University of Chichester, editor of the Iris Murdoch Review, and Writer in Residence at Kingston University Writing School. She has published widely on Iris Murdoch and other writers. Her prize-winning biography Becoming Iris Murdoch was published in 2014 and her monograph, Iris Murdoch and Remorse: Beyond Forgiving? was published in 2023. She is Series Co-Editor of ‘Iris Murdoch Today’ with Palgrave Macmillan.
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