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Isherwood on writing / Christopher Isherwood ; edited by James J. Berg ; foreword by Claude J. Summers.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fiction--Authorship.
- Fiction.
- Authorship.
- Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986.
- Isherwood, Christopher.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 274 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In the 1960's, 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
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780816661053
- 0816661057
- OCLC:
- 476156612
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