A Severed Head
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A Severed Head is a darkly comic novel by Iris Murdoch that explores complex romantic entanglements, moral ambiguity, and psychological manipulation within a bourgeois London milieu.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptation |
A Severed Head (1970 film)
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A Severed Head (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptedToMedium |
film
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stage ⓘ |
| author | Iris Murdoch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Alexander
NERFINISHED
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Antonia Lynch-Gibbon NERFINISHED ⓘ Georgie Hands NERFINISHED ⓘ Honor Klein NERFINISHED ⓘ Martin Lynch-Gibbon NERFINISHED ⓘ Palmer Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coScreenwriterForFilmAdaptation | J. B. Priestley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | generally positive ⓘ |
| exploresTheme |
adultery
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identity ⓘ incestuous desire ⓘ jealousy ⓘ marriage ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ power dynamics ⓘ psychological manipulation ⓘ romantic entanglements ⓘ sexual relationships ⓘ |
| genre |
comic novel
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dark comedy ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ satirical fiction ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780140020031 ⓘ |
| hasTone |
darkly comic
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ironic ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postwar British fiction ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Martin Lynch-Gibbon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of Freudian and psychoanalytic ideas
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portrayal of tangled sexual relationships ⓘ use of farcical elements in serious themes ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorOeuvre | Iris Murdoch bibliography ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1961 ⓘ |
| publisher | Chatto & Windus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| screenwriterForFilmAdaptation | Iris Murdoch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| settingMilieu | bourgeois London society ⓘ |
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