From a Darkened Room: The Inman Diary by Arthur C. Inman (English) Paperback Boo

Description: From a Darkened Room by Arthur C. Inman, Daniel Aaron Few of us seek immortality, and fewer still by writing. But Arthur Inman challenged the odds. He calculated that if he kept a diary and spared no thoughts or actions, was entirely honest and open, and did not care about damage or harm to himself or others, he would succeed in gaining attention beyond the grave that he could not attain in life. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Only a few of us seek immortality, and fewer still by writing. But Arthur Inman challenged the odds. He calculated that if he kept a diary and spared no thoughts or actions, was entirely honest and open, and did not care about damage or harm to himself or others, he would succeed in gaining attention beyond the grave that he could not attain in life.The diary became a many-layered and strikingly animated work of a gifted writer, by turns charming, repellent, shocking, cruel, and comical. But the diary is also an uninhibited history of his times, of his eccentricities and fantasies, of his bizarre marriage arrangements and sexual adventures. Inmans explorations of his own troubled nature made him excessively curious about the secret lives of others. Like some ghostly doctor-priest, he chronicled their outpourings of head and heart as vividly as he did his own. The diary reads like a nonfiction novel as it moves inexorably toward disaster.This is an abridged version of the celebrated two-volume work published by Harvard as The Inman Diary: A Public and Private Confession. Author Biography Daniel Aaron was Victor S. Thomas Professor of English and American Literature, Emeritus, Harvard University. Table of Contents Cast of Characters Introducing Arthur Inman Arthur Remembers Arthurs Jazz Age: The Overaged Adolescent Arthur after the Crash Arthurs Churning World: Domestic and Foreign Arthurs War and the Postbomb Years Arthur Doomed: The Chronicler Assessed Index Review A fascinating document, by turns bizarre and illuminating, poignant and obscene...Delving into Inmans diary is like being able to eavesdrop on a conversation in a priests confessional or psychotherapists office...It also presents the social historian with a panorama of the twentieth century viewed from an exotic angle. -- Michael Vincent Miller * New York Times *A sometimes trenchant, sometimes caustic account of Inmans times. * Washington Times * Review Quote A sometimes trenchant, sometimes caustic account of Inmans times. Details ISBN067445443X Short Title FROM A DARKENED ROOM Publisher Harvard University Press Language English ISBN-10 067445443X ISBN-13 9780674454439 Media Book Format Paperback Abridged Yes Year 1996 Series Inman Fund S. Imprint Harvard University Press Place of Publication Cambridge, Mass Country of Publication United States DOI 10.1604/9780674454439 Illustrations 23 halftones UK Release Date 1996-10-01 Subtitle The Inman Diary AU Release Date 1996-10-01 NZ Release Date 1996-10-01 US Release Date 1996-10-01 Author Daniel Aaron Pages 592 Publication Date 1996-10-01 Edited by Daniel Aaron DEWEY 811.52 Audience Undergraduate We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:8311433;

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