Iris Murdoch, A Writer at War

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Iris Murdoch, A Writer at War is written by Peter J. Conradi and published by Oxford University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0199831947 (ISBN 10) and 9780199831944 (ISBN 13).

These never before published writings comprise Iris Murdoch's passionate wartime correspondence with two early intimates: the poet Frank Thompson, brother of the historian E.P. Thompson, who was killed in 1944, and David Hicks, with whom she had a dramatic affair, engagement, and breakup. It also includes the journal that Murdoch kept as a touring actress during August of 1939. The selection sheds new light on a brilliant young mind ("sharp and polished as a sword" as Frances Wilson describes it), while painting a vivid picture of life during the Second World War.