Literature
See Bennett, Chartres Roberts in Southern California Bookmen Series
Bowles, Paul
See Bowles, Paul in Paris Expatriates
Brown, Slater (b. 1897)
Friend of E. E. Cummings
Slater Brown and The Enormous Room. 1967.
Close friend to E. E. Cummings. Cummings called Mr. Brown "B" in his book The Enormous Room. This interview is Mr. Brown's account of what actually happened to him in France during World War I when he was imprisoned by the French government. E. E. Cummings was in prison with him part of the time and used the incident as the basis for The Enormous Room.
Interviewer: George Wickes, Professor of English (Harvey Mudd College, Claremont Graduate School). This interview was conducted in conjunction with the writings of Professor Wickes' book Americans in Paris. 1903-1939 (Paris Review-Doubleday, 1969).
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Dos Passos, John (b. 1896)
Writer
Interview. 1962.
Questions and comments about John Dos Passos' novels, his personal experiences (including Ambulance Corps in World War I and visits to Russia in the twenties), political views, critics, and his estimation of certain literary and political personalities.
Interviewer: David S. Sanders, Associate Professor of English, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont Graduate School. Portions of the interview were the basis for Professor Sander's article "Interview with John Dos Passos," Claremont Quarterly (II:89-100, Spring, 1964).
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Isherwood, Christopher (b. 1904)
Writer
An Interview. 1965.
Discussion of his current works and manner in which he approaches writing, his interest in Vedanta, his collaboration with W. H. Auden, the great impact of E. M. Forster on his own writing, his friendship with Aldous Huxley. Mr. Isherwood speaks of the use of a fictional Christopher Isherwood, his technique of writing through the eyes of an objective person to events transpiring, and the extent to which his fiction has an autobiographical basis. Briefly comments on A Single Man, his most recent book.
Interviewer: George Wickes, Associate Professor of English, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont Graduate School. This interview was the basis for Professor Wickes' article "An Interview with Christopher Isherwood," Shenandoah: The Washington and Lee University Review (XVI:23-52, Spring, 1965).
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Lowenfels, Walter
See Lowenfels, Walter in Paris Expatriates
Sinclair, Upton
See Sinclair, Upton in California State and Local History