[...] the two essays with which the anthology opens (by Nicol and White) are important markers in the current state of Murdoch studies. Their inclusion makes a noteworthy contribution to contemporary Murdoch scholarship and suggests this volume as essential reading for new students of Murdoch seeking to understand her place in current intellectual and literary debate. The volume adds to established areas of research and also points to relatively new terrain; Murdoch's interest in Buddhism and Indian literature, her influence on other writers and theoreticians and her literary relationships with contemporaries represent just a few of the many rich and exciting areas awaiting scholarly attention.

Mustafa Kirca holds a Ph.D. in English Literature from Middle East Technical University in Ankara, where he has been teaching courses in English language and literature. Sule Okuroglu teaches at Middle East Technical University in Ankara.

Acknowledgements
Introduction: Reading Iris Murdoch and Her Work, by Mustafa Kırca and Şule Okuroğlu
1. Postmodern Murdoch, by Bran Nicol
2. 'Art is for life's sake … or else it is worthless': The Innovatory Influence of Iris Murdoch, by Frances White
3. Iris Murdoch as an Anglo-Irish Novelist, by A. Clare Brandabur
4. Female Subversions of Male Power in A Severed Head and The Time of the Angels, by Gillian M. E. Alban
5. Intertextuality in The Green Knight, by Fiona Tomkinson
6. The Flâneur in Under the Net, by Mukadder Erkan
7. The Nostalgic Search for the Past: The Desperate Journey to the Dark Realm of the Unconscious in Murdoch's The Sea, The Sea, by Neslihan Ekmekçioğlu
8. Understanding Iris Murdoch and Her Art: The Existential Universe of Murdoch's Under the Net, by Gökşen Aras
9. Female Author Male Narrator: Voicing the Voiceless, by Meryem Ayan and Reyhan Özer
10. The Sea, The Sea: A Reading in the Light of the Bhagavad Gita, by Minnie Mattheew
11. An Indian Reading of Iris Murdoch's The Nice and The Good, by Indira Nityanandam
12. Metaphysics and Melodrama in Iris Murdoch: A Critical Study, by Karan Singh Yadav and Jyoti Yadav
13. Degrees of Relation: Iris Murdoch and A. S. Byatt: A Narratological Comparison, by Joshua Lobb
14. The Italian Girl: Iris Murdoch and the Desire of Redemption, by Carla Fusco
15. Knowledge of Love: An Ethical Study of Murdochian Humble Man, by Farzaneh Naseri-Sis
16. An Existential Dilemma in An Accidental Man, by Ekin Şiriner
17. The Postmodern Thought of Truth in Iris Murdoch's The Black Prince, by Ayşe Yönkul
18. Transformation from Evil to Good:
An Analysis of Murdoch's The Italian Girl, by Kübra Çakıroğlu
Notes on Contributors
Index