Christopher Isherwood encyclopedia / David Garrett Izzo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Izzo, David Garrett, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986--Encyclopedias.

Isherwood, Christopher.

Authors, English--20th century--Biography--Encyclopedias.

Authors, English.

Gay men--Great Britain--Biography--Encyclopedias.

Gay men.

British--California--Biography--Encyclopedias.

British.

British--Germany--Biography--Encyclopedias.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (199 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This comprehensive and accessible reference work serves Isherwood scholars who need quick access to people, places, novels, stories, essays and plays, introduces Isherwood to those who know little of him, expands the knowledge of the literate general reader, and refreshes teachers of literature with Isherwood details. Entries on Isherwood's most influential friends, including W.H. Auden, Aldous Huxley and Stephen Spender, are significant. Included are all of the monumental ""roles"" Isherwood exemplified during his life--writer, rebel, gay-activist hero, and proud exponent of the Eastern philo

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chronology; The Encyclopedia; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7864-8000-9