“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.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ambrose (section) | 0 |
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
narrative section
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novel section ⓘ |
| author | Christopher Isherwood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
charisma
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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
NERFINISHED
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Christopher Isherwood (narrator) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1962 ⓘ |
| publisherOfContainingWork | Methuen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Christopher and His Kind NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Greek island ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | interwar period ⓘ |
| structureRole | one of four interlinked narrative sections ⓘ |
| tone |
introspective
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tragic ⓘ |
| workContainedIn | Down There on a Visit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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