Anne Rowe
Contributor
Dr. Anne Rowe is a Senior Lecturer at Kingston University. She is the author of Salvation by Art: The Visual Arts and the Novels of Iris Murdoch and is also the Director of the Center for Iris Murdoch Studies at Kingston University. In addition to her teaching, she is the European Director of the Iris Murdoch Society and European Editor of the Iris Murdoch News Letter. She is also a contributor to 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (2012), where an earlier version of this Britannica entry first appeared.
Primary Contributions (2)
Under the Net, first published novel by British author and philosopher Iris Murdoch. Appearing in 1954, Under the Net captures the exuberant spirit of freedom in postwar Europe and exhibits Murdoch’s trademark combination of wit and high seriousness. Jake Donaghue, the novel’s swashbuckling…
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Publications (1)
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (2001)
Completely revised and updated to include the most up-to-date selections, this is a bold and bright reference book to the novels and the writers that have excited the world's imagination. This authoritative selection of novels, reviewed by an international team of writers, critics, academics, and journalists, provides a new take on world classics and a reliable guide to what's hot in contemporary fiction. Featuring more than 700 illustrations and photographs, presenting quotes from individual...
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