On ‘The Problem of the Religious Novel’: Christopher Isherwood and A Single Man

Dating from his conversion to Vedanta in 1939, the writings of British expatriate Christopher Isherwood’s California period offer testimony of a life engaged with spiritual inquiry and praxis pursued over more than four decades, yet texts from this period are either ignored or dismissed by critics i...

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Main Author: Marsh, Victor (Author)
Format: Electronic Review
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press 2010
In: Literature and theology
Year: 2010, Volume: 24, Issue: 4, Pages: 378-396
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