The Sacred and Profane Love Machine
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The Sacred and Profane Love Machine is a 1974 philosophical novel by Iris Murdoch that explores love, morality, and human frailty through the entangled lives of a married psychoanalyst, his wife, and his mistress.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Iris Murdoch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| explores |
complexity of romantic love
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conflict between duty and desire ⓘ ethical dilemmas in intimate relationships ⓘ self-deception ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
ⓘ
philosophical fiction ⓘ psychological novel ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | British ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasKeyCharacter |
psychoanalyst's mistress
ⓘ
psychoanalyst's wife ⓘ |
| hasMoralInquiry | nature of good and evil in personal relationships ⓘ |
| hasMoralPhilosophicalDimension | yes ⓘ |
| hasPhilosophicalInfluence |
moral philosophy
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psychoanalytic theory ⓘ |
| hasProtagonist | married psychoanalyst ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | psychoanalyst ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
human frailty
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love ⓘ morality ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | entangled lives of a married psychoanalyst, his wife, and his mistress ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1974 ⓘ |
| setting | England ⓘ |
| workOf | Iris Murdoch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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