For the past four decades Frank Kermode, critic and writer, has steadily established himself as one of the most brilliant minds of his generation. Author and editor of over forty books, his prodigious output includes some of the best literary criticism to be published. Questioning the public's harsh perception of 'the artist', Kermode at the same time gently pokes fun at artists' own, often inflated, self-image. He identifies what has become one of the defining characteristics of the Romantic tradition - the artist in isolation and the emerging power of the imagination. The ingeniousness of Kermode's argument and the polish and wit of the writing all serve to identify the book as one of his finest offerings. Back in print after an absence of over a decade, The Romantic Image is quintessential Kermode. Small wonder then that this, one of his earliest works, is such a classic. Enlightenment has seldom been so enjoyable!

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Frank Kermode

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Preface; A Note on the Frontispiece; Part 1 Dancer and Tree, Frank Kermode; Chapter 1 The Artist in Isolation, Frank Kermode; Chapter 2 'In Memory of Major Robert Gregory', Frank Kermode; Chapter 3 The Image, Frank Kermode; Chapter 4 The Dancer, Frank Kermode; Chapter 5 The Tree, Frank Kermode; Part 2 The Twentieth Century, Frank Kermode; Chapter 6 Arthur Symons, Frank Kermode; Chapter 7 T. E. Hulme, Frank Kermode; Chapter 8 'Dissociation of Sensibility', Frank Kermode; Chapter 9 Conclusion, Frank Kermode; S4 Epilogue;