Romantic Image

by Frank Kermode

Overview

For the past four decades Frank Kermode, critic and writer, has steadily established himself as one of the most brilliant minds of his generation. 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. Back in print after an absence of over a decade, The Romantic Image is quintessential Kermode. Enlightenment has seldom been so enjoyable!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415261869
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/18/2001
Series:	Routledge Classics
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.06(w) x 7.81(h) x (d)

About the Author

Frank Kermode (1919- ) One of the most distinguished critics of our time. He has taught at numerous universities including Cambridge and Harvard. Kermode was knighted in 1991.

Table of Contents

Preface
A Note on the Frontispiece


Part I Dancer and Tree
1 The Artist in Isolation
2 'In memory of Major Robert Gregory'
3 The Image
4 The Dancer
5 The Tree

Part II The Twentieth Century
6 Arthur Symons
7 T.E. Hulme
8 'Dissociation of Sensibility'
9 Conclusion

Epilogue
Index

Editorial Reviews

'In this extremely important book of speculative and scholarly criticism, Mr Kermode is setting out to re-define the notion of the Romantic tradition, especially in relation to English poetry and criticism.' - Times Literary Supplement

'Kermode's effortless learning, lucid intelligence and wry, self-deprecating style prove that, at its best, literary criticism itself is a lively art.' - Al Alvarez

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