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by Jake Poller
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Availability:In StockContributor:Jake PollerSeries:Critical LivesPublish date:2025-05-07Pages:208
Language:EnglishPublisher:Reaktion BooksISBN-13:9781836390091ISBN-10:1836390092UPC:9781836390091Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Literary Figures, American, English, Irish, Scottish, WelshSize:7.80 x 5.10 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SC0G7ZZQDY
A fresh and approachable critical biography of the twentieth-century Anglo-American writer.

Christopher Isherwood wrote modernist novels before he evolved into a pioneer of autofiction; his novel Goodbye to Berlin inspired the hit musical Cabaret. Everything changed when Isherwood emigrated to America in 1939. His newfound pacifism and studies as a Hindu monk led to new kinds of novels, including A Single Man, that reflected his evolving spiritual interests and blazed a trail for the gay liberation movement. In this new biography, Jake Poller takes a holistic approach to Isherwood, exploring his life and writing as well as the impact of Vedanta philosophy on Isherwood's work. This book offers a concise yet thorough account of a monumental figure.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Reaktion BooksISBN-13:9781836390091ISBN-10:1836390092UPC:9781836390091Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Literary Figures, American, English, Irish, Scottish, WelshSize:7.80 x 5.10 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SC0G7ZZQDY
Jake Poller teaches in the English department at Queen Mary University of London. His books include Aldous Huxley, also in Reaktion's Critical Lives series.
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