Auden and Isherwood by Norman Page

Auden and Isherwood by Norman Page

Like Paris in the '20s, Berlin in the early thirties was one of the most exciting cities in the world. As the Weimar Republic sputtered to a close and war loomed on the horizon, the city was a magnet for talented writers and artists. It was in this now-vanished time and place that W.H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood lived, wrote and slept together. Norman Page tells the story of how these years shaped these important writers and, in doing so, illuminates a bygone era.

Norman Page's aims in writing this book were, as I believe, modest but very worthwhileHe intended to add to the store of information about this German chapter in British literary history. He intended that the information should be accurate, and purged of romantic and self-serving myths. Most importantly, he wanted to convience his readers that the Berlin years were artistically formative in the careers of two (and possibly three) major British writers. If these were his intentions Page has succeeded, and the proof will be the essential place which Auden and Isherwood: The Berlin Years will occupy on our shelves.' - John Sutherland The Cambridge Quarterly

'Although quite short, the book is wide-ranging, taking in topography, biography, political and social history, and literary criticism...always stimulating and informative, enlivened by humour and some nice touches of asperity'. - Peter Parker, Times Literary Supplement

'Entertaining and insightful reading, highly recommended'. - Robert Kelly, Library Journal

NORMAN PAGE is Emeritus Professor of Modern English Literature, University of Nottingham. He has lectured in many parts of the world on nineteenth- and twentieth-century literature, and his many books include Thomas Hardy (1977), A. E. Housman: A Critical Biography (1983), A Conrad Companion (1986), and Tennyson: An Illustrated Life (1992), as well as editions of novels by Dickens, Hardy, Wilkie Collins and other writers.

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ISBN 13	9780312227128
ISBN 10	0312227124
Title	Auden and Isherwood
Author	Norman Page
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Palgrave USA
Year published	2000-06-02
Number of pages	220
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