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Inman Diary Public and Private Confession by Arthur C. Inman 1986 hc Diaries
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A book that has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the cover, with the dust jacket included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. May be very minimal identifying marks on the inside cover. Very minimal wear and tear.
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- “Minor scuffs to sleeve. Clean and unmarked.”
- Topic
- 20th Century
- Subjects
- Biographies & True Stories
- ISBN
- 9780674454453
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Harvard University Press
ISBN-10
0674454456
ISBN-13
9780674454453
eBay Product ID (ePID)
956679
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
1600 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Inman Diary Set : a Public and Private Confession
Publication Year
1985
Subject
United States / 20th Century, Personal Memoirs, General, Literary
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.4 in
Item Weight
20 Oz
Item Length
1 in
Item Width
0.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
85-000954
TitleLeading
The
Reviews
Never before published, this extraordinary document is the most remarkable diary ever written by an American.
Dewey Edition
19
Number of Volumes
2 vols.
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
818/.5203 B
Table Of Content
VOLUME I Cast of Characters Introducing Arthur Inman 1. Arthur Remembers (1895-1919) 2. Arthur's Jazz Age: The Overaged Adolescent (1919-1929) 3. Arthur after the Crash (1929-1937) VOLUME II 4. Arthur's Churning World: Domestic and Foreign (1937-1941) 5. Arthur's War and the Postbomb Years (1941-1951) 6. Arthur Doomed. The Chronicler Assessed (1951-1963) A Medical Report on Arthur Inman David F. Musto, MD. Index
Synopsis
Between 1919 and his death by suicide in 1963, Arthur Crew Inman wrote what is surely one of the fullest diaries ever kept by any American. Convinced that his bid for immortality required complete candor, he held nothing back. This abridgment of the original 155 volumes is at once autobiography, social chronicle, and an apologia addressed to unborn readers. Into this fascinating record Inman poured memories of a privileged Atlanta childhood, disastrous prep-school years, a nervous collapse in college followed by a bizarre life of self-diagnosed invalidism. Confined to a darkened room in his Boston apartment, he lived vicariously: through newspaper advertisements he hired "talkers" to tell him the stories of their lives, and he wove their strange histories into the diary. Young women in particular fascinated him. He studied their moods, bought them clothes, fondled them, and counseled them on their love affairs. His marriage in 1923 to Evelyn Yates, the heroine of the diary, survived a series of melodramatic episodes. While reflecting on national politics, waifs and revolutions, Inman speaks directly about his fears, compulsions, fantasies, and nightmares, coaxing the reader into intimacy with him. Despite his shocking self-disclosures he emerges as an oddly impressive figure. This compelling work is many things: a case history of a deeply troubled man; the story of a transplanted and self-conscious southerner; a historical overview of Boston illuminated with striking cityscapes; an odd sort of American social history. But chiefly it is, as Inman himself came to see, a gigantic nonfiction novel, a new literary form. As it moves inexorably toward a powerful denouement, The Inman Diary is an addictive narrative.
LC Classification Number
PS3517.N84Z466 1985
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