Data Source

Books

Material Type

Book: softcover

Published Date

c2001

Author

Berg, James J.

Freeman, Chris, 1965-

Publisher

University of Wisconsin Press

Responsibility

edited and with an introduction by James J. Berg and Chris Freeman

foreword by Armistead Maupin

illustrations by Don Bachardy

portrait photographs by Stathis Orphanos

wartime photographs by W.H.Auden

Edition

1st paperback ed.

Place

Madison, WI

Physical Description

xviii, 294 p. : ill.

Condition

Good

ISBN

0299167046

Personal Name

Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986 - Biography

Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986 - Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Foreword / by Armistead Maupin [p. i-xv] -- Introduction : the Isherwood century / by James J. Berg and Chris Freeman [p. 3-8] -- Part I: Meeting Isherwood [p. 9-12] -- Who is Christopher Isherwood? / by Katherine Bucknell [p. 13-30] -- Isherwood in Los Angeles / by Dan Luckenbill [p. 31-42] -- In the blink of an eye : evolving with Christopher Isherwood / by Stathis Orphanos [p. 43-53] -- Ish circa 1959-1963 / by Michael S. Harper [p. 54-60] --Reading from Isherwood's letter circa 1959-1963 / by Michael S. Harper [p. 61-64] -- Gay Isherwood visits straight Riverside / by Robert Peters [p. 65-70] -- My Isherwood, my Bachardy / by Carolyn G. Heilbrun [p. 71-76] -- "Write it down or it's lost" : Isherwood as mentor / by James P. White [p. 77-86] -- Part II: Artist and companion [p. 87-90] -- A Life open to art / by Don Bachardy [p. 91-96] -- Portrait of the aartist as companion : interviews with Don Bachardy / by Niladri R. Chatterjee [p. 97-107] -- Frankenstein: the true story : the artist as "monster" / by Katharine M. Morsberger and Robert E. Morsberger [p. 108-120] -- Pools in rocks by the sea : Isherwood and Bachardy /y Edmund White [p. 121-127] -- Deathwatch / by Donald N. Mager [p. 128-136] -- Part III: The Writer in context [p. 137-140] -- Aunt Mary, Uncle Henry, and anti-ancestral impulses in "The Memorial" / by James Kelley [p. 141-149] -- In a populous city : Isherwood in the thirties / by Antony Shuttleworth [p. 150-161] -- The Dog beneath the schoolboy's skin : Isherwood, Auden, and Fascism / by William Ostrem [p. 162-171] -- Documentary dilemmas : shifting fronts in "Journey to a war" / by Marsha Bryant [p. 172-186] -- Strategically minor : Isherwood's revision of Forster's mythology / Stephen da Silva [p. 187-195] -- "A Single man" : then and now / by David Garnes [p. 196-202] -- Isherwood and the Violet Quill / by David Bergman [p, 203-216] -- Part IV : Finding a path [p. 217-220] -- Christopher under the Wishing Tree / by P. Shneidre [p. 221-227] -- Christopher Isherwood in jail / by David Garrett Izzo [p. 228-235] -- :Always dance"{ : sex and salvation in Isherwood's Vedantism / by John McFarland [p. 236-246] -- The Path that leads to safety : spiritual renewal and autobiographical narrative / by Mario Faraone [p. 247-258] -- "The Wandering stopped" : an interview with Christopher Isherwood / by Carola M. Kaplan [p. 259-280] -- Bibliography [p. 281-285] -- Contributors [p. 286-290] -- Index [p. 291-293] -- Photographs of editors [p. 294]

Call Number

2.21 ISH BER 2001

Description Level

Item

Accession Number

2008-071

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