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    Isherwood. A life revealed
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    The Reader's Companion to Twentieth-Century Writers
    • Isherwood

      A Life

      • 914 páginas
      • 32 horas de lectura

      Born into the English landed gentry, the heir to a substantial country estate, Christopher Isherwood ended up in California, an American citizen and the disciple of a Hindu swami. En route, he became a leading writer of the 1930s generation, an unmatched chronicler of pre-Hitler Berlin, an experimental dramatist, a war reporter, a travel writer, a pacifist, a Hollywood screenwriter, a monk and a grand old man of the emerging gay liberation movement. Peter Parker traces the long journey of a man who never felt at home wherever he lived. country, and the dead weight of the past. Parker reveals the truth about Isherwood's relationship with his war-hero father, his strong-willed mother, and his disturbed younger brother, Richard, who was also homosexual. He also draws upon a vast number of letters to describe Isherwood's complicated relationships wich such lifelong friends as W.H. Auden, Stephen Spender, Edward Upward and John Lehmann. meaning in life.

      Isherwood2004
      4,4
    • Isherwood. A life revealed

      • 815 páginas
      • 29 horas de lectura

      Chronicles the life and times of the twentieth-century writer, discussing his aristocratic English roots, his literary endeavors, his relationships with family and lovers, and his diverse roles as dramatist, reporter, travel writer, pacifist, Hollywood screenwriter, monk, and leader of the gay liberation movement.

      Isherwood. A life revealed2004
      3,9
    • Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy in a Nutshell provides a concise overview of a popular therapeutic approach, starting with the ABCDE Model of Emotional Disturbance and Change. Written by leading REBT specialists, Michael Neenan and Windy Dryden, the book goes on to explain the core of the therapeutic process: - Assessment - Disputing - Homework - Working through - Promoting self-change. As an introduction to the basics of the approach, this updated and revised edition of Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy in a Nutshell is the ideal first text and a springboard to further study.

      The Reader's Companion to Twentieth-Century Writers1995
      4,7