Search results
In 1998 John Bayley wrote a best-selling, critically acclaimed memoir of his wife, the great philosopher and novelist Iris Murdoch, who had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease since 1996. At times unbearably moving, at times poignantly comical, this memoir provides a fitting memorial to Dame Iris. It is an enchanting portrait of a remarkable marriage and an inspiration for anyone whose ...
6 de dic. de 1999 · John Bayley, crítico literario inglés y marido de la influyente escritora Iris Murdoch (Dublín, 1919-1999), fallecida aquejada de Alzheimer, dice que se ha lanzado a escribir Elegía a Iris ...
18 de mar. de 2001 · There are undoubtedly three people in John Bayley's marriage to Audi Villers; that's the beauty of it. The ever-present other woman is Iris Murdoch, Bayley's first wife.When she died, just over ...
John Bayley's account of his long and loving marriage to the great novelist Iris Murdoch takes us on a journey, from their love affair's comically inauspicious beginnings in the Oxford of the early 1950s, (Bayley courted Iris on account of her unchallenging plain looks and their first date consisted of a revolting dinner followed by a disastrous dance when Iris sprained her ankle) to its slow ...
John Bayley, who died in 2015, was the first holder of the Warton chair in English literature at Oxford. He wrote 153 pieces for the LRB, some of which were collected in The Power to Delight: A Lifetime in Literature.His other books include The Romantic Survival, The Characters of Love and studies of Shakespeare, Hardy, Pushkin and Tolstoy.
19 de jul. de 1998 · Iris Murdoch and John Bayley, June 20, 1998. Photograph by Richard Avedon. For years now, we’ve usually managed a treat for ourselves on really hot days, at home in the summer. We take the car ...
5 de may. de 1983 · John Bayley, who died in 2015, was the first holder of the Warton chair in English literature at Oxford. He wrote 153 pieces for the LRB, some of which were collected in The Power to Delight: A Lifetime in Literature.His other books include The Romantic Survival, The Characters of Love and studies of Shakespeare, Hardy, Pushkin and Tolstoy.
