{"product_id":"image-of-a-man-the-journal-of-keith-vaughan-9781789620290","title":"Image of a Man: The Journal of Keith Vaughan","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘I want to know what I am, what I want, what I can do, what is real, what is lovely.’\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe post-war British artist Keith Vaughan (1912–77) was not only a supremely accomplished painter; he was an impassioned, eloquent writer. \u003ci\u003eImage of a Man\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to provide a comprehensive critical reading of Vaughan’s extraordinary journal, which spans thirty-eight years and sixty-one volumes to form a major literary work and a fascinating document of changing times.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eFrom close textual analysis of the original manuscripts, this book uncovers the attitudes and arguments that shaped and reshaped Vaughan’s identity as a man and as an artist. It reveals a continual process of self-construction through journal-writing, undertaken to navigate the difficulties of conscientious objection, the complications of desire as a gay man, and the challenges of making meaningful art.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eBy focussing on Vaughan’s journal-writing in the context of its many influences and its centrality to his art practice, \u003ci\u003eImage of a Man\u003c\/i\u003e offers not only a compelling new critical biography of a significant yet underappreciated artist, but also a sustained argument on the constructed nature of the ‘artist’ persona in early and mid-twentieth-century culture – and the opportunities afforded by journal and diary forms to make such constructions possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Belsey writes well about Vaughan’s attitude to warfare as a conscientious objector, and how, reduced to a mere cog in the Non-Combatant Corps, he used the early part of the journal to construct an identity for himself. We are also shown Vaughan’s determination to improve and evolve as a writer. In this he succeeded, and his journal is not only an invaluable social document but, at its best, a considerable work of literature.' \u003cbr\u003e Peter Parker, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eImage of a Man: Introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOutsider\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e1. War and the Objector\u003cbr\u003e2. Society and the Observer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCreator\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3. Autobiography and the Intellectual\u003cbr\u003e4. Art and the Artist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCurator\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5. Self-Editorship and 'Keith Vaughan'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Diaristic Impulse and Self-Construction: An Afterword\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Liverpool University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50470044533079,"sku":"9781789620290","price":109.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781789620290.jpg?v=1744897227","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/image-of-a-man-the-journal-of-keith-vaughan-9781789620290","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}