Down There on a Visit

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Down There on a Visit is a semi-autobiographical novel by Christopher Isherwood that interweaves four linked narratives exploring sexuality, identity, and expatriate life in the mid-20th century.

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Down There on a Visit canonical 6

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instanceOf novel ⓘ
semi-autobiographical novel ⓘ
author Christopher Isherwood ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
criticalReception generally positive ⓘ
featuresCharacter Christopher Isherwood (fictionalized narrator) ⓘ
genre LGBT literature ⓘ
autobiographical fiction ⓘ
modernist literature ⓘ
hasISBN 978-0-8112-0044-8 ⓘ
hasPart “Ambrose” (section) ⓘ
“Mr. Lancaster” (section) ⓘ
“Paul” (section) ⓘ
“Waldemar” (section) ⓘ
influencedBy Isherwood’s experiences as an expatriate ⓘ
Isherwood’s relationships with men ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Anglo-American modernism ⓘ
linked to: Modernism
mainTheme expatriate life ⓘ
homosexuality ⓘ
identity ⓘ
self-discovery ⓘ
sexuality ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
narrativeForm first-person narrative ⓘ
narrativeTechnique autobiographical narrator with fictionalized elements ⓘ
notableFor frank treatment of homosexuality in mid-20th-century fiction ⓘ
interweaving of four distinct but connected narratives ⓘ
originalPublisher Methuen ⓘ
publicationYear 1962 ⓘ
relatedWork Christopher and His Kind ⓘ
Goodbye to Berlin ⓘ
settingLocation Berlin ⓘ
California ⓘ
Greek island ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
settingPeriod mid-20th century ⓘ
structure four linked narratives ⓘ
subjectMatter bohemian subcultures ⓘ
gay male experience ⓘ
spiritual searching ⓘ
timeOfNarration retrospective account of earlier decades ⓘ

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Christopher Isherwood → notableWork → Down There on a Visit ⓘ
"Mr. Lancaster" (section) → partOf → Down There on a Visit ⓘ
subject linked to: “Mr. Lancaster” (section)
Ambrose (section) → partOf → Down There on a Visit ⓘ
subject linked to: “Ambrose” (section)
Ambrose (section) → workContainedIn → Down There on a Visit ⓘ
subject linked to: “Ambrose” (section)
Waldemar (section) → partOf → Down There on a Visit ⓘ
subject linked to: “Waldemar” (section)
Paul (section) → partOf → Down There on a Visit ⓘ
subject linked to: “Paul” (section)