Letters from Iris Murdoch (1919-99) to Denis Paul (1925-2006)

Item author: Iris Murdoch
Item date: 20th century
Grant Value: £5,000 (Philip Larkin Fund)
Item cost: £10,000
Item cost pre-decimal: NULL
Item date acquired: 2008
Item institution: Kingston University
Town/City: London

About 180 letters written over four decades by Iris Murdoch, the novelist and philosopher to the writer and philosopher Denis Paul, her Oxford contemporary and lifelong friend. The letters discuss philosophical matters, personal relations and much else, and provide new insights into the development of Iris Murdoch's character and philosophical position.

Item Provenance
Aaron Paul, Denis Paul's son