Christopher Isherwood
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Reaktion Books (Verlag)
978-1-83639-009-1 (ISBN)
Reaktion Books (Verlag)
978-1-83639-009-1 (ISBN)
A holistic approach to the monumental modernist writer Christopher Isherwood.
Christopher Isherwood began writing modernist novels before evolving into a pioneer of autofiction, which mingles fiction and autobiography. His novel Goodbye to Berlin inspired the hit musical Cabaret. Everything changed when Isherwood emigrated to America in 1939. He had become a pacifist and was studying to be a Hindu monk. Although Isherwood resumed his career as a writer, the novels he produced while living in the USA, including A Single Man, reflected his newfound spiritual interests and blazed a trail for the gay liberation movement.
In this new biography, Jake Poller takes a holistic approach to Isherwood, exploring his life and innovative autofiction and expertly unpacking Vedanta philosophy, tracing its influence in Isherwood’s work. This is a concise yet thorough account of a monumental figure.
Christopher Isherwood began writing modernist novels before evolving into a pioneer of autofiction, which mingles fiction and autobiography. His novel Goodbye to Berlin inspired the hit musical Cabaret. Everything changed when Isherwood emigrated to America in 1939. He had become a pacifist and was studying to be a Hindu monk. Although Isherwood resumed his career as a writer, the novels he produced while living in the USA, including A Single Man, reflected his newfound spiritual interests and blazed a trail for the gay liberation movement.
In this new biography, Jake Poller takes a holistic approach to Isherwood, exploring his life and innovative autofiction and expertly unpacking Vedanta philosophy, tracing its influence in Isherwood’s work. This is a concise yet thorough account of a monumental figure.
Jake Poller teaches in the English department at Queen Mary University of London. His books include Aldous Huxley (Reaktion, 2021).
Abbreviations Introduction: Autofiction
1 The Poshocracy, 1904–25
2 Tea-Tabling, 1925–30
3 The Lost, 1931–7
4 Ivar Avenue, 1938–44
5 Samsara, 1945–53
6 Kitty and Dobbin, 1954–64
7 Life Writing, 1965–80
Epilogue
References
Select Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Photo Acknowledgements
| Erscheinungsdatum | 11.03.2025 |
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| Reihe/Serie | Critical Lives |
| Zusatzinfo | Illustrationen |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 130 x 200 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-83639-009-2 / 1836390092 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-83639-009-1 / 9781836390091 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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