"Goodbye to Berlin": different angles on Isherwood's camera

• Autores: Cristina Pividori
• Localización: Proceedings of the 30th International AEDEAN Conference: [electronic resource] / María Losada Friend (ed. lit.), Pilar Ron Vaz (ed. lit.), Sonia Hernández Santano (ed. lit.), Jorge Casanova García (ed. lit.), 2007, ISBN 978-84-96826-31-1
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In spite of the efforts to elucidate the famous four-word statement, Isherwood's "I am a camera" remains subject of debate. Although it has been regarded both as a statement of narrative method and exposure of the writer's personality, I am a camera continues to be considered as famous as misleading. The writer's ambiguity and reluctance to acknowledge the autobiographical element in his work add mystery and appeal to the Berlin stories.

    This paper focuses on Isherwood's cinematic approach to Goodbye to Berlin (1939), analyzing the significant role that his camera performs and providing textual and biographical evidence to support it. Particular attention is given to the historical setting as a powerful influence in choosing a visual-literary perspective to represent the writer's experience in Berlin in the thirties.