The American Isherwood
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| Rating | : | 4.40 (591 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0816683638 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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Berg is dean of arts and sciences at College of the Desert in Palm Desert, California. About the AuthorJames J. Chris Freeman teaches English and gender studies at the University of Southern California. They have edited several previous books on Christopher Isherwood, including Conversations with Christopher Isherwood and The Isherwood Century: Essays on the Life and Work of Christopher Isherwood, which won a Lambda Literary Award for Gay Studies.
James J. They have edited several previous books on Christopher Isherwood, including Conversations with Christopher Isherwood and The Isherwood Century: Essays on the Life and Work of Christopher Isherwood, which won a Lambda Literary Award for Gay Studies.. Berg is dean of arts and sciences at College of the Desert in Palm Desert, California. Chris Freem
If you have ever even heard of CABARET or Sally Bowles, buy this book! THE AMERICAN ISHERWOOD is a collection of essays about the years Christopher Isherwood lived in Los Angeles, CA (for the most part). Edited by the reknown team of Berg and Freeman, Isherwood will become a roadmap in Queer studies, literary graduate work on Isherwood and his contemporaries and also anyone who has ever heard about Sally Bo. "REQUIRED READING for Isherwood fans" according to Kirk Frederick. Being a great fan of Christopher Isherwood, I found this new compilation of essays fascinating and riveting. It covers so much of Isherwood's "back story" in great detail, much of it new to me. I highly recommend this well-researched collection of words about the great wordsmith, and know it will intrigue any lover of Isherwood's works,
After the publication of his diaries, which run to more than one million words and span nearly a half century, it is possible to fully assess his influence. Hodson, Huntington Library; Carola M. Berg and Chris Freeman have brought together the most informative scholarship of the twenty-first century to illuminate the craft of one of the singular figures of the twentieth century. Handley, U of Southern California; Jaime Harker, U of Mississippi; Sara S. Kaplan, California State U, Pomona; Benjamin Kohlmann, U of Freiburg, Germany; Victor Marsh, U of Queensland; Tina Mascara; Stephen McCauley; Paul M. Isherwood, the American, emerges from the shadow of his English reputation to stake his claim as a significant force in late twentieth-century American culture whose legacy continues in the twenty-first century.Contributors: Joshua Adair, Murray State U; Jamie Carr, Niagara U; Robert L. This colle