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Kathleen and Christopher : Christopher Isherwood's letters to his mother / Christopher Isherwood ; edited by Lisa Colletta.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Authors, English--20th century--Correspondence.
- Authors, English.
- Mothers and sons--England.
- Mothers and sons.
- Bradshaw-Isherwood, Kathleen, 1868-1960--Correspondence.
- Bradshaw-Isherwood, Kathleen.
- Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986--Correspondence.
- Isherwood, Christopher.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (224 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Edited and with an introduction by Lisa ColettaKathleen and Christopher collects more than one hundred previously unpublished letters Christopher Isherwood wrote to his mother between 1935 and 1940. Composed while Isherwood was still a struggling writer, these letters offer a brilliant eyewitness account of Europe on the brink of war and an intimate look at the early career of a major literary figure.
- Contents:
- 1935 : Copenhagen ; Brussels ; Amsterdam ; Sintra, Portugal
- 1936 : Sintra, Portugal ; Ostende ; Brussels
- 1937 : Brussels ; Luxembourg ; Dover
- 1938 : Paris ; Marseilles ; Djibouti ; Ceylon ; Singapore ; Hong Kong ; Canton ; Hankow ; Shanghai ; "Empress of Asia" ; Dover ; Brussels
- 1939 : New Haven, Connecticut ; New York City ; Grand Canyon ; Hollywood ; Santa Monica.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8166-9731-0
- OCLC:
- 476095927
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