Down There on a Visit

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novel semi-autobiographical novel

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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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	novel ⓘ semi-autobiographical novel ⓘ
author	Christopher Isherwood ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
criticalReception	generally positive ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Christopher Isherwood ⓘ surface form: 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	Modernism ⓘ surface form: Anglo-American 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, United States ⓘ surface form: California Greek island ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London
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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