Degrees of Freedom by A S Byatt

Degrees of Freedom by A S Byatt

Byatt's Degrees of Freedom examined the first eight novels of Iris Murdoch, identifying freedom as a central theme in all of them, and looking at Murdoch's interest in the relations between art and goodness, master and slave, and the novel of character in the nineteenth century sense.

Indispensable fto anyone wanting to understand what it is that Iris Murdoch is up to -- Stephen Wall * The Listener *
An extremely intelligent and penetrating piece of work -- Frank Kermode * Guardian *
Byatt is a wonderful writer, constantly engaging wherever she takes us * The Times *
The great merit of Byatt's writing.. is that it continually engages the reader's mind * Daily Telegraph *

A.S. Byatt (1936-2023) was a novelist, short-story writer and critic of international renown. Her novels include Possession (winner of the Booker Prize 1990), the Frederica Quartet and The Children’s Book, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction. She was appointed CBE in 1990 and DBE in 1999, and was awarded the Erasmus Prize 2016 for her ‘inspiring contribution to life writing’ and the Pak Kyongni Prize 2017. In 2018 she received the Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award.

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ISBN 13	9780099302247
ISBN 10	0099302241
Title	Degrees of Freedom
Author	A S Byatt
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Vintage Publishing
Year published	1994-12-01
Number of pages	368
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