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Author and international Iris Murdoch Society member Tammy Grimshaw, Ph.D., wrote her doctoral thesis on the representation of gender and sexuality in Iris Murdoch’s fiction. In Sexuality, Gender, and Power in Iris Murdoch’s Fiction, Grimshaw continues her in-depth scholarly analysis of the British author. Chapters discuss the social construction of homosexuality in Murdoch’s fiction, feminist perspectives of Murdoch’s fiction, meticulous Foucauldian scrutinizes of “The Bell”, “A Fairly Honorable Defeat”, “ A Severed Head”, “The Time of Angels”, and representations of bisexuality and transvestism in “Henry and Cato”, “The Book of the Brotherhood”, “The Philosopher’s Pupil”, “The Green Knight”, and “The Black Prince.” An advanced critical and evaluator compilation recommended for college library shelves devoted to literary studies and literary criticism.