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Isherwood on Writing

The Complete Lectures in California
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Isherwood on Writing collects Christopher Isherwood's seminal lectures from the 1960s, where he candidly discussed his life, craft, and spirituality. These talks reveal insights into his work across novels, theatre, and film, highlighting his role as a pioneer of modern gay literature. The updated edition uniquely includes the newly found conclusion to his second lecture, featuring commentary on A Single Man and A Meeting by the River, his most celebrated and final novels.
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This collection will appeal to readers interested in literary craft, memoir, LGBTQ+ writing history, and fans of Christopher Isherwood's work.

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Isherwood's lectures on writing and writers, now all available for the first time

In the 1960s, Christopher Isherwood gave an unprecedented series of lectures at California universities about his life and work. 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 craftโ€”on writing for film, theatre, and novelsโ€”and spirituality. Isherwood on Writing brings these free-flowing, wide-ranging public addresses together to reveal a distinctly American Isherwood at the top of his form.

This updated edition contains the long-lost conclusion to the second lecture, published here for the first time, including its discussion of A Single Man, his greatest novel, and A Meeting by the River, his final novel.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781517914318

Publisher: University of Minnesota Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 25 October 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: University of Minnesota Press

Edition: Revised

Illustration: 6 black and white illustrations

Contributors:

  • Edited by James J. Berg
  • Foreword by Claude Summers

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 137.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 454g

Pages: 344

About the Author

A major figure in twentieth-century fiction and the gay rights movement, Christopher Isherwood (19041986) wrote many books, including A Single Man and Down There on a Visit.

James J. Berg won a Lambda Literary Award for Gay Studies for The Isherwood Century. He is coeditor of The American Isherwood and Isherwood in Transit, both from Minnesota.

Claude Summers is William E. Stirton Professor Emeritus in the Humanities and professor emeritus of English at the University of Michigan, Dearborn.

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