{"product_id":"isherwood-on-writing-the-complete-lectures-in-california-paperback","title":"Isherwood on Writing: The Complete Lectures in California - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher Isherwood\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJames J. Berg\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eClaude Summers\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIsherwood's lectures on writing and writers, now all available for the first time\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 craft--on writing for film, theater, and novels--and spirituality. \u003ci\u003eIsherwood on Writing\u003c\/i\u003e brings these free-flowing, wide-ranging public addresses together to reveal a distinctly American Isherwood at the top of his form.\u003cp\u003eThis updated edition contains the long-lost conclusion to the second lecture, published here for the first time, including its discussion of \u003ci\u003eA Single Man, \u003c\/i\u003e his greatest novel, and \u003ci\u003eA Meeting by the River, \u003c\/i\u003e his final novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA major figure in twentieth-century fiction and the gay rights movement, Christopher Isherwood (1904-1986) wrote many books, including \u003ci\u003eA Single Man \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Down There on a Visit.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames J. Berg won a Lambda Literary Award for Gay Studies for \u003ci\u003eThe Isherwood Century.\u003c\/i\u003e He is coeditor of \u003ci\u003eThe American Isherwood \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Isherwood in Transit, \u003c\/i\u003e both from Minnesota.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClaude Summers is William E. Stirton Professor Emeritus in the Humanities and professor emeritus of English at the University of Michigan, Dearborn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 344\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 8.43 x 5.35 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 25, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765749219616,"sku":"9781517914318","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d889215a6e8c9eb913258eb0e4e9054c.webp?v=1780278765","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/isherwood-on-writing-the-complete-lectures-in-california-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}