University of Minnesota Press Chapter Title: Front Matter Book Title: Kathleen and Christopher Book Subtitle: Christopher Isherwood’s Letters to His Mother Book Editor(s): Llsa Colletta Published by: University of Minnesota Press. (2005) Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/j.cttts9hc.1 JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at https://about.jstor.org/terms University of Minnesota Press is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Kathleen and Christopher This content downloaded from 151.29.169.33 on Thu, 14 May 2020 09:37:28 UTC All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms This content downloaded from 151.29.169.33 on Thu, 14 May 2020 09:37:28 UTC All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms Kathleen and Christopher This content downloaded from 151.29.169.33 on Thu, 14 May 2020 09:37:28 UTC All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms This content downloaded from 151.29.169.33 on Thu, 14 May 2020 09:37:28 UTC All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms Kathleen and Christopher CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD'S LETTERS TO His MOTHER Christopher Isherwood EDITED BY LlSA COLLETTA University of Minnesota Press | Minneapolis | London This content downloaded from 151.29.169.33 on Thu, 14 May 2020 09:37:28 UTC All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms Frontispiece: Letter to Kathleen written by Christopher in 1911, when he was seven years old. All letters are reproduced and quoted with permission from Don Bachardy. Copyright by the Estate of Christopher Isherwood. Letters from Christopher Isherwood to Kathleen Isherwood are reproduced by permission of the Huntington Library, San Marino, California. [Isherwood, Christopher, to Kathleen Bradshaw Isherwood, CI 1192-1298, CI 1257, 1260, 1265, notes from W. H. (Wystan Hugh) Auden] Correspondence of W. H. Auden is reprinted with permission. Copyright by the Estate of W. H. Auden. All photographs and images are reproduced with permission from Don Bachardy and by permission of the Huntington Library, San Marino, California. Copyright by the Estate of Christopher Isherwood. Copyright 2005 by the Regents of the University of Minnesota All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmit- ted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Published by the University of Minnesota Press 111 Third Avenue South, Suite 290 Minneapolis, MN 55401-2520 http: / /www. upress.umn.edu Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986 Kathleen and Christopher : Christopher Isherwood's letters to his mother / Christopher Isherwood ; edited by Lisa Colletta. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8166-4580-9 (alk. paper) 1. Isherwood, Christopher, 1904—1986—Correspondence. 2. Bradshaw-Isherwood, Kathleen, 1868-1960—Correspondence. 3. Authors, English—20th century—Correspondence. 4. Mothers and sons—England. I. Bradshaw-Isherwood, Kathleen, 1868-1960. II. Colletta, Lisa. III. Title. PR6017.S5Z4862005 823'.912—dc22 2005011746 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper The University of Minnesota is an equal-opportunity educator and employer. 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 This content downloaded from 151.29.169.33 on Thu, 14 May 2020 09:37:28 UTC All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms University of Minnesota Press Chapter Title: Table of Contents Book Title: Kathleen and Christopher Book Subtitle: Christopher Isherwood’s Letters to His Mother Book Editor(s): Llsa Colletta Published by: University of Minnesota Press. (2005) Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/j.cttts9hc.2 JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at https://about.jstor.org/terms University of Minnesota Press is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Kathleen and Christopher This content downloaded from 151.29.169.33 on Thu, 14 May 2020 09:37:29 UTC All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms Co n ten ts vii Introduction Lisa Colletta xix Acknowledgments 3 1935 Copenhagen—Brussels—Amsterdam—Sintra, Portugal 43 1936 Sintra, Portugal—Ostende—Brussels 87 1937 Brussels—Luxembourg—Dover 97 1938 Paris—Marseilles—Djibouti—Ceylon—Singapore— Hong Kong—Canton—Hankow—Shanghai—"Empress of Asia"—Dover—Brussels 121 1939 New Haven, Connecticut—New York City— Grand Canyon—Hollywood—Santa Monica 163 Editor's Notes 179 Index This content downloaded from 151.29.169.33 on Thu, 14 May 2020 09:37:29 UTC All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms This page intentionally left blank This page intentionally left blank This content downloaded from 151.29.169.33 on Thu, 14 May 2020 09:37:29 UTC All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms University of Minnesota Press Chapter Title: Introduction Chapter Author(s): Lisa Colletta Book Title: Kathleen and Christopher Book Subtitle: Christopher Isherwood’s Letters to His Mother Book Editor(s): Llsa Colletta Published by: University of Minnesota Press. (2005) Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/j.cttts9hc.3 JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at https://about.jstor.org/terms University of Minnesota Press is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Kathleen and Christopher This content downloaded from 151.29.169.33 on Thu, 14 May 2020 13:33:32 UTC All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms