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Christopher Isherwood

2012-02-27T06:41:52Z

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26 August 1904 (High Lane, Cheshire County) - 4 January 1986 (Santa Monica, California). Novelist and playwright.

'''Biography'''

Isherwood studied history at the Corpus Christi College in Cambridge where he met the poet [[W.H. Auden]]. He also studied medicine at King's College in London but he did not finish his studies, instead he went on a trip to Germany to visit Auden there with whom he had an occasional sexual relationship.
During his stay in Berlin (1929-1933)Isherwood lived among others in Berlin-Schöneberg where a plaque commemorates his resdidence. In Berlin he also met his first boyfriend Heinz. Isherwood was intrigued by the Weimar Republic and the sexual freedom which existed there.
In 1939 Isherwood emigrated to California where he worked as freelance and screenwriter for various Hollywood Studios. From 1959-1962 he worked as a visting professor for Modern English Literature at the Los Angeles State College.

He lived in a relationship with Don Bachardy (who was 30 years younger than Isherwood) as a respectable couple in Hollywood. Although McCarthy's policy was highly homophobic, Isherwood and Bachardy lived their homosexuality openly. The partnership lasted until Isherwood's death in 1986.
In 1946 Isherwood obtained the American citizenship.

Isherwood is renowned for his works novels homosexuality is a major topic.
In his autobiographical work ''Kathleen and Frank '' which is about his parents and his relationship towards them Isherwood affirms openly his homosexuality.
Another autobiography is''Christopher and his kind '' which deals with the young Christopher Isherwood coming to Berlin to visit his close friend and lover W.H Auden exploring the queer German subculture.

In 2011 ''Christopher and his Kind'' was picturised by Geoffrey Sax starring the latest Doctor Who actor Matt Smith.

The drama movie ''A Single Man '' (2009) is also based on the same name novel by Isherwood.
It is the directed by the fomer Gucci Designer Tom Ford starring Julian Moore and Collin Firth as the protagonist George Falconer, an homosexual university professor who is not able to organise hislife after the sudden death of his lifelong partner.
Collin Firth received a BAFTA in 2010 as the best actor.

Sources:
Piazza, Paul(1978): ''Christopher Isherwood: Myth and Anti-Myth''. New York: Colombia University Press

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1315981/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ztfl9
http://kirjasto.sci.fi/isherwoo.htm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/christopher-isherwood
http://www.perlentaucher.de/artikel/5953.html
http://www.nndb.com/people/844/000048700/

Christopher Isherwood

2012-01-16T05:05:52Z

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Christopher William Bradshaw Isherwood (*26.08.1904 in High Lane, Cheshire County; deceased 4.01.1986 in Santa Monica, California) is a British homosexual novelist and playwright who is renowned for his stories about Berlin in the 1930ies.

'''Biography'''

Isherwood studied history at the Corpus Christi College in Cambridge where he met his later friend W.H Auden. He also studied medicine at King's College in London but he didn't finish his studies, instead he went on a trip to Germany together with W.H Auden.

'''His time in Berlin '''

During his stay in Berlin (1929-1933)Isherwood lived among others in Berlin- Schöneberg where a plaque commemorates his resdidence. He was In Berlin he also met his first boyfriend Heinz. Isherwood was intrigued by the Weimarer Republic and the sexual freedom which existed there.

'''Life in Los Angeles '''

In 1939 Isherwood emigrated to California where he worked as freelance writer and a screenwriter for various Hollywood Studios. From 1959- 1962 he worked as a visting professo for Modern English Literature.
He had a relationship with the 30-year younger Don Bachardy (18/19; Isherwood 48)which was unaccepted and quite controversial among his aquaintances.
Nevertheless Isherwood and his partner became a respectable couple in Hollywood. Although McCarthy's policy was highly homophobic, Isherwood and Bachardy stuck to their homosexuality and were an openly gay couple. The partnership lasted until Isherwood's death in 1986.

In 1946 Isherwood obtained the American citizenship.

Christopher Isherwood

2012-01-16T05:05:05Z

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Christopher William Bradshaw Isherwood (*26.08.1904 in High Lane, Cheshire County; deceased 4.01.1986 in Santa Monica, California) is a British homosexual novelist and playwright who is renowned for his stories about Berlin in the 1930ies.

'''Biography'''

Isherwood studied history at the Corpus Christi College in Cambridge where he met his later friend W.H Auden. He also studied medicine at King's College in London but he didn't finish his studies, instead he went on a trip to Germany together with W.H Auden.

'''His time in Berlin '''

During his stay in Berlin (1929-1933)Isherwood lived among others in Berlin- Schöneberg where a plaque commemorates his resdidence. He was In Berlin he also met his first boyfriend Heinz. Isherwood was intrigued by the Weimarer Republic and the sexual freedom which existed there.

'''Life in Los Angeles '''

In 1939 Isherwood emigrated to California where he worked as freelance writer and a screenwriter for various Hollywood Studios. From 1959- 1962 he worked as a visting professo for Modern English Literature.
He hab a relationship with the 30-year younger Don Bachardy (18/19; Isherwood 48)which was unaccepted and quite controversial among his aquaintances.
Nevertheless Isherwood and his partner became a respectable couple in Hollywood. Although McCarthy's policy was highly homophobic, Isherwood and Bachardy stuck to their homosexuality and were an openly gay couple. The partnership lasted until Isherwood's death in 1986.
In 1946 Isherwood obtained the American citizenship.

Henri Bergson

2011-12-05T04:03:53Z

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Henri Bergson (1859- 1941) the most influential French philosopher of the 19th century and early 20th century.

'''Duration ( ''Durée'' )
'''
According to Bergson, duration is a theory of time and space. Bergson presented this theory in his doctor thesis ''Time and Free Will: An Essay on the Immediate Data of Consciousness.''

For Bergsosn "duration" is not linear. It is unextended, mobile and incomplete and cannot be juxtaposed as successive parts.
An individual may perceive time differently. If you are busy or absorbed in thought time may gain speed, but if you are bored time may slow down. It is your mind that does not work in a linear way, time and present intersect, the individual stands between now and then.
Moreover Bergson explored the inner life of a man.
He opposed individual time to science. Individual time can change, whereas for science time remains the same.

His doctor thesis ''Time and Free Will: An Essay on the Immediate Data of Consciousness.'' was a criticism on Immanuel Kant who believed that the free will can only exist outside of time and space, that is the reason why people do not know if something like the free will does exist at all. For Kant it is a pragmatic faith.

The Spool Image

In his ''Introduction to Metaphysics'' Bergson presents the three images of duration, one of them is the spool image
The first image represents two spools, one is unrolling depicting the ongoing flow of ageing, the other spool is rolling up illustrating the ongoing growth of memory which corresponds to consciousness.

Sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duration_%28philosophy%29

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/bergson/

Henri Bergson

2011-12-05T04:02:06Z

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Henri Bergson (1859- 1941) the most influential French philosopher of the 19th century and early 20th century.

'''Duration ( ''Durée'' )
'''
According to Bergson, duration is a theory of time and space. Bergson presented this theory in his doctor thesis ''Time and Free Will: An Essay on the Immediate Data of Consciousness.''

For Bergsosn "duration" is not linear. It is unextended, mobile and incomplete and cannot be juxtaposed as successive parts.
An individual may perceive time differently. If you are busy or absorbed in thought time may gain speed, but if you are bored time may slow down. It is your mind that does not work in a linear way, time and present intersect, the individuak stands between now and then.
Moreover Bergson explored the inner life of a man.
Bergson opposes individual time to science. Individual time can change, whereas for science time remains the same.

His doctor thesis ''Time and Free Will: An Essay on the Immediate Data of Consciousness.'' was a criticism on Immanuel Kant who believed that the free will can only exist outside of time and space that is the reason why people do not know if something like the free will does exist at all. For Kant it is a pragmatic faith.

The Spool Image

In his ''Introduction to Metaphysics'' Bergson presents the three images of duration, one of them is the spool image
The first image represents two spools, one is unrolling depicting the ongoing flow of ageing, the other spool is rolling up illustrating the ongoing growth of memory which corresponds to consciousness.

Sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duration_%28philosophy%29

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/bergson/

Henri Bergson

2011-12-05T04:01:24Z

Irmgarda:

Henri Bergson (1859- 1941) the most influential French philosopher of the 19th century and early 20th century.

'''Duration ( ''Durée'' )
'''
According to Bergson, duration is a theory of time and space. Bergson presented this theory in his doctor thesis ''Time and Free Will: An Essay on the Immediate Data of Consciousness.''

For Bergsosn "duration" is not linear. It is unextended, mobile and incomplete and cannot be juxtaposed as successive parts.
An individual may perceive time differently. If you are busy or absorbed in thought time may gain speed, but if you are bored time may slow down. It is your mind that does not work in a linear way, time and present intersect, the individuak stands between now and then.
Moreover Bergson explored the inner life of a man.
Bergson opposes individual time to science. Individual time can change, whereas for science time remains the same.

His doctor thesis ''Time and Free Will: An Essay on the Immediate Data of Consciousness.'' was a criticism on Immanuel Kant who believed that the free will can only exist outside of time and space that is the reason why people do not know if something like the free will does exist at all. For Kant it is a pragmatic faith.

'''

The Spool Image'''

In his ''Introduction to Metaphysics'' Bergson presents the three images of duration, one of them is the spoolimage
The first image represents two spools, one is unrolling depicting the ongoing flow of ageing, the other spool is rolling up illustrating the ongoing growth of memory which corresponds to consciousness.

Sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duration_%28philosophy%29

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/bergson/

Henri Bergson

2011-12-05T04:00:12Z

Irmgarda:

Henri Bergson (1859- 1941) the most influential French philosopher of the 19th century and early 20th century.

'''Duration ( ''Durée'' )
'''
According to Bergson, duration is a theory of time and space. Bergson presented this theory in his doctor thesis ''Time and Free Will: An Essay on the Immediate Data of Consciousness.''

For Bergsosn "duration" is not linear. It is unextended, mobile and incomplete and cannot be juxtaposed as successive parts.
An individual may perceive time differently. If you are busy or absorbed in thought time may gain speed, but if you are bored time may slow down. It is your mind that does not work in a linear way, time and present intersect, the individuak stands between now and then.
Moreover Bergson explored the inner life of a man.
Bergson opposes individual time to science. Individual time can change, whereas for science time remains the same.

His doctor thesis ''Time and Free Will: An Essay on the Immediate Data of Consciousness.'' was a criticism on Immanuel Kant who believed that the free will can only exist outside of time and space that is the reason why people do not know if something like the free will does exist at all. For Kant it is a pragmatic faith .
Bergson argues that Kant mistook time with spatial representation.
'''
The Spool Image '''

In his ''Introduction to Metaphysics'' Bergson presents the three images of duration, one of them is the spoolimage
The first image represents two spools, one is unrolling depicting the ongoing flow of ageing, the other spool is rolling up illustrating the ongoing growth of memory which corresponds to consciousness.

Sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duration_%28philosophy%29
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/bergson/

Henri Bergson

2011-12-05T03:57:51Z

Irmgarda:

Henri Bergson (1859- 1941) the most influential French philosopher of the 19th century and early 20th century.

Duration ( ''Durée'' )

According to Bergson, duration is a theory of time and space. Bergson presented this theory in his doctor thesis ''Time and Free Will: An Essay on the Immediate Data of Consciousness.''

For Bergsosn "duration" is not linear. It is unextended, mobile and incomplete and cannot be juxtaposed as successive parts.
An individual may perceive time differently. If you are busy or absorbed in thought time may gain speed, but if you are bored time may slow down. It is your mind that does not work in a linear way, time and present intersect, the individuak stands between now and then.
Moreover Bergson explored the inner life of a man.
Bergson opposes individual time to science. Individual time can change, whereas for science time remains the same.

His doctor thesis ''Time and Free Will: An Essay on the Immediate Data of Consciousness.'' was a criticism on Immanuel Kant who believed that the free will can only exist outside of time and space that is the reason why people do not know if something like the free will does exist at all. For Kant it is a pragmatic faith .
Bergson argues that Kant mistook time with spatial representation.

The Spool Image

In his ''Introduction to Metaphysics'' Bergson presents the three images of duration, one of them is the spoolimage
The first image represents two spools, one is unrolling depicting the ongoing flow of ageing, the other spool is rolling up illustrating the ongoing growth of memory which corresponds to consciousness.

Sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duration_%28philosophy%29
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/bergson/