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The Black Prince

 Iris Murdoch
 

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full title ·  The Black Prince
 
author ·  Iris Murdoch
 
type of work ·  Novel
 
genre ·  Modernist Novel
 
language ·  English
 
time and place written ·  England, 1972
 
date of first publication ·  1973
 
publisher ·  Viking Press
 
narrator ·  Bradley Pearson
 
point of view ·  First Person
 
tone ·  Ironic
 
tense ·  Past tense
 
setting (time) ·  Early 1970s
 
setting (place) ·  London, England
 
protagonist ·  Bradley Pearson
 
major conflict ·  Bradley's need to break out of his writing block
 
rising action ·  Arnold Baffin's fight with his wife; Tutorials of Julian; Date at the opera with Julian Rachel's attempted seduction
 
climax ·  Arnold Baffin's murder
 
falling action ·  Bradley's trial and conviction; Bradley's writing of his novel; Bradley's death
 
themes ·  Art and Truth; Eros; Randomness of Life
 
motifs ·  Marriage; Hamlet; Boots and Feet
 
symbols ·  Kites; Priscilla's jewels; Der Rosenkavalier
 
foreshadowing ·  Arnold's initial call to Bradley; Rachel's prediction of her fire; Bradley's threatening note to Arnold; Der Rosenkavalier; Bradley's destruction of Arnold's books
 
 
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