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- [1980]-2006 (Creación)
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3 boxes and c 75 books
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Peter Conradi worked as Iris Murdoch's authorised biographer and was co-executor of her estate. Conradi was a close friend of Murdoch and her husband, John Bayley, in the 1980s and 1990s. Conradi, a Professor of English, wrote his PhD on Murdoch's Platonism and edited her book of essays Existentialists and Mystics: Writings on Literature and Philosophy, published in 2007. Conradi published his autobiography of Murdoch in 2001, titled Iris Murdoch: A life, which was chosen as 'Book of the Year' by critics including Margaret Drabble and P D James.
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GB 2108 KUAS17 [1980]-2006 collection 3 boxes and c 75 books Conradi , Peter , fl 1980s , writer
Peter Conradi worked as Iris Murdoch's authorised biographer and was co-executor of her estate. Conradi was a close friend of Murdoch and her husband, John Bayley, in the 1980s and 1990s. Conradi, a Professor of English, wrote his PhD on Murdoch's Platonism and edited her book of essays Existentialists and Mystics: Writings on Literature and Philosophy, published in 2007. Conradi published his autobiography of Murdoch in 2001, titled Iris Murdoch: A life, which was chosen as 'Book of the Year' by critics including Margaret Drabble and P D James.
Acquired in 2006.
Papers of Peter Conradi, comprise research material on Iris Murdoch, books including works by Murdoch and foreign language copies of Peter Conradi's biography and books by and about Elias Canetti. Papers notably include correspondence to Conradi notably from Michael [Bayley] (believed to be John Bayley's brother), [2003-2005]; Dr Marjorie Boulton concerning matters including Conradi's biography, c 2001-2006 and from Harper Collins Publishers discussing the sales of Iris Murdoch: Saint and Artist, 2003-2004. Papers also contain research notes including a draft forward to Conradi's Iris Murdoch: Saint and Artist with notations, c 1985; notebooks used by Conradi to record information about Murdoch for his biography and newspaper cuttings regarding Murdoch, including obituaries, 1995-2004.
Arranged in eight series: Letters received by Peter Conradi; letters to Conradi regarding the Iris Murdoch archive at Kingston University; Frank Thompson 'Selected Poems'; Iris Murdoch's visit to Kingston Polytechnic (now Kingston University); Peter Conradi's research notes; press cuttings; manuscripts; videos and ILL book collection (Iris Murdoch London Library).
Open. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment.
Contact archive for information concerning reproduction at archives@kingston.ac.uk.
English
No additional finding aids currently exist.
KUAS6.
Please note books within this collection are catalogued and can be found on Kingston University library catalogue at www.kingston.ac.uk/library/.
Sources: Peter Conradi, Iris Murdoch (1919-1999) (Bernard Quaritch Ltd) and Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online.
Entry compiled by Samantha Velumyl, AIM25 cataloguer.
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
May 2008. Conradi , Peter , fl 1980s , writer Fiction Genealogy Literary forms and genres Literature Murdoch , Dame , Jean Iris , 1919-1999 , author x Murdoch , Iris Prose Publishing Publishing industry Research Biographies Biography
Origen del ingreso o transferencia
Acquired in 2006.
Área de contenido y estructura
Alcance y contenido
Papers of Peter Conradi, comprise research material on Iris Murdoch, books including works by Murdoch and foreign language copies of Peter Conradi's biography and books by and about Elias Canetti. Papers notably include correspondence to Conradi notably from Michael [Bayley] (believed to be John Bayley's brother), [2003-2005]; Dr Marjorie Boulton concerning matters including Conradi's biography, c 2001-2006 and from Harper Collins Publishers discussing the sales of Iris Murdoch: Saint and Artist, 2003-2004. Papers also contain research notes including a draft forward to Conradi's Iris Murdoch: Saint and Artist with notations, c 1985; notebooks used by Conradi to record information about Murdoch for his biography and newspaper cuttings regarding Murdoch, including obituaries, 1995-2004.
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Sistema de arreglo
Arranged in eight series: Letters received by Peter Conradi; letters to Conradi regarding the Iris Murdoch archive at Kingston University; Frank Thompson 'Selected Poems'; Iris Murdoch's visit to Kingston Polytechnic (now Kingston University); Peter Conradi's research notes; press cuttings; manuscripts; videos and ILL book collection (Iris Murdoch London Library).
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Open. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment.
Condiciones
Contact archive for information concerning reproduction at archives@kingston.ac.uk.
Idioma del material
- inglés
Escritura del material
- latín
Notas sobre las lenguas y escrituras
English
Características físicas y requisitos técnicos
KUAS6.
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No additional finding aids currently exist.
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Please note books within this collection are catalogued and can be found on Kingston University library catalogue at www.kingston.ac.uk/library/.
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Please note books within this collection are catalogued and can be found on Kingston University library catalogue at www.kingston.ac.uk/library/.
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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- inglés