Isherwood on writing
In the 1960s, Christopher Isherwood gave an unprecedented series of lectures at California universities on the theme "A Writer and His World". During this time Isherwood, who would liberate the memoir and become the founding father of modern gay writing, spoke openly for the first time about his craft, on writing for film, theater, and novels, and on spirituality. Isherwood on Writing brings these public addresses together to reveal a distinctly, and surprisingly, American Isherwood. Given.
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- Full title :Isherwood on writing / Christopher Isherwood ; edited by James J. Berg ; foreword by Claude J. Summers.
Summary
In the 1960s, Christopher Isherwood gave an unprecedented series of lectures at California universities on the theme "A Writer and His World". During this time Isherwood, who would liberate the memoir and become the founding father of modern gay writing, spoke openly for the first time about his craft, on writing for film, theater, and novels, and on spirituality. Isherwood on Writing brings these public addresses together to reveal a distinctly, and surprisingly, American Isherwood. Given.
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- Publication Date:©2007.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):University of Minnesota Press
- Place of Publication:Minneapolis
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2007.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xviii, 274 pages) : : illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780816661053, 0816661057
- oclc:ocn228859795
- LC Classification:PR6017.S5
- Dewey Decimal:823/.912
Table of Contents
Foreword; Editor's Acknowledgments; Introduction: The American Isherwood; Part I.A Writer and His World, 1960; Part II. The Autobiography of My Books, 1963-65; Part III. Lecture Notes; Editor's Notes; Index.
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Writers
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