Christopher Isherwood : myth and anti-myth /
Piazza takes a close look at the intensely personal world of Isherwood's nine novels, examining the anti-mythic elements at the foundation of this ironist's oeuvre: the revolt against his mother, the rejection of his hero-father, destroyed by the senseless heoism of the Great War, and Ishe...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
1978.
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| Summary: | Piazza takes a close look at the intensely personal world of Isherwood's nine novels, examining the anti-mythic elements at the foundation of this ironist's oeuvre: the revolt against his mother, the rejection of his hero-father, destroyed by the senseless heoism of the Great War, and Isherwood's homosexual rebellion against the heterosexual dictatorship of the state, the church, the law, and the press. |
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| Item Description: | The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture. |
| Physical Description: | xii, 245 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-235) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0231041187 9780231041188 |