“Ambrose” (section)

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“Ambrose” is one of the four interlinked narrative sections in Christopher Isherwood’s semi-autobiographical novel *Down There on a Visit*, focusing on the narrator’s complex relationship with the charismatic yet troubled title character.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
"Ambrose" (section) 1
“Ambrose” (section) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf narrative section ⓘ
novel section ⓘ
author Christopher Isherwood ⓘ
centralTheme charisma ⓘ
friendship ⓘ
moral responsibility ⓘ
psychological instability ⓘ
self-destruction ⓘ
sexual identity ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
exploresRelationshipBetween narrator and Ambrose ⓘ
exploresThemeOf dependency in relationships ⓘ
guilt ⓘ
illusion versus reality ⓘ
featuresCharacter Ambrose ⓘ
Christopher Isherwood (narrator) ⓘ
genre semi-autobiographical fiction ⓘ
hasAutobiographicalElements true ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
literaryMovement modernist literature ⓘ
narrativeFunction explores narrator’s complex relationship with Ambrose ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
narrativeTechnique retrospective narration ⓘ
partOf Down There on a Visit ⓘ
publicationYear 1962 ⓘ
publisherOfContainingWork Methuen ⓘ
relatedWork Christopher and His Kind ⓘ
setting Greek island ⓘ
settingPeriod interwar period ⓘ
structureRole one of four interlinked narrative sections ⓘ
tone introspective ⓘ
tragic ⓘ
workContainedIn Down There on a Visit ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Down There on a Visit → hasPart → “Ambrose” (section) ⓘ
"Mr. Lancaster" (section) → isInterlinkedWith → "Ambrose" (section) ⓘ
subject linked to: “Mr. Lancaster” (section)
linked to: “Ambrose” (section)