Middlebrow Queer : Christopher Isherwood in America /

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In this book, the author shows that Christopher Isherwood refashioned himself as an American writer following his emigration from England by immersing himself in the gay reading, writing, and publishing communities in Cold War America. Weaving together biography, history, and literary criticism, thi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harker, Jaime
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Isherwood, Christopher, > 1904-1986.
Isherwood, Christopher, > 1904-1986 > Criticism and interpretation.
Literature and society.
Homosexuality in literature.
Homosexuality and literature.
Gay men > Identity.
Gay culture in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Gay & Lesbian.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Homosexuels masculins > Identite.
Litterature et societe > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Homosexualite et litterature > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Homosexualite dans la litterature.
Literature and society > United States > History > 20th century.
Homosexuality and literature > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:In this book, the author shows that Christopher Isherwood refashioned himself as an American writer following his emigration from England by immersing himself in the gay reading, writing, and publishing communities in Cold War America. Weaving together biography, history, and literary criticism, this book traces the continuous evolution of Isherwood's simultaneously queer and American postwar authorial identity.
Physical Description:1 online resource (216 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781452939216

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