Death and love in Iris Murdoch's 'The Time of the Angels.'

From: CRITIQUE: Studies in Contemporary Fiction | Date: January 1, 1995| Author: Rice, Thomas Jackson | Copyright information

Iris Murdoch's 'The Time of the Angels,' presents the author's own convictions about morality. The novel raises moral and ethical questions about human nature. Murdoch believes that goodness has varying degrees and does not agree that people can only be either absolutely good or absolutely evil. The characters in their novels are confronted with questions about how goodness or love can thrive in the absence of God.

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