Lecture - Iris Murdoch and William Blake
The Iris Murdoch Society podcast
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The Problem With Murdoch's Criticism of Blake
Murdoch's most significant discussion about Blake, which occurred with his student Rachel Fenna, contains a more direct dismissal of his moral vision. Murdoch defines Blake's morality as a form of monism, akin to that which can be found in Eastern religions where good and bad blend into an actual unity. She also acknowledges that this is an oversimplified definition of Blake, but she nevertheless goes on to argue that her own philosophical assumption that God and good must connect creates problems for the monistic theology he espouses.
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