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fromThe New Yorker
1 week ago

Rachel Cusk on Muriel Spark's "The House of the Famous Poet"

I never felt the influence of Muriel Spark, despite the fact that she was a substantial female figure in British literature. It's a pity, because there was much to learn from her macabre, entirely unsentimental art and its account of the strange violence of living. It was only quite recently, when I came across a new volume of her collected letters (meticulously edited by Dan Gunn), that I first felt confronted by her persona.
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fromThe Atlantic
3 weeks ago

What Muriel Spark Knew About Childhood

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie explores the influence of an unconventional teacher on her students at a 1930s Edinburgh girls' school.
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fromThe Atlantic
3 weeks ago

The Judgments of Muriel Spark

Muriel Spark, while known for her wit, is also a significant religious writer, with profound themes rooted in her Catholic faith and biblical influences.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Odd things happened when she was around': the unnerving vision of Muriel Spark

Spark believed herself wired into a supernatural process happening within all things, sensing knowledge beyond normal channels and experiencing events she wrote about.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

Electric Spark by Frances Wilson review the mercurial Muriel Spark

Muriel Spark's life was marked by dramatic transformations, reflected in her complex narratives and control over her own story.
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