Publication

2002 - Routledge, London, United Kingdom

Language

English

Word Count

52,750 words, Guess

Page Count

211 pages

Identifiers

and 10 more
  • ISBN-139780415261876
  • LibraryThing236324
  • Goodreads5283514', '403688
  • Library of Congress Control Number2001048419
  • OCLC Control Number813993462
  • OCLC Control Number47894550
  • Better World Books9780415261876
  • Better World Books9780415261869
  • Better World BooksT2-DKO-513
  • Open LibraryOL22031498M

Classifications

  • DDC821.809145
  • LCCPN1111 .K4 2002
  • LCCPN1111.K4 2001
and 2 more
  • LCCPN1111 .K4 2002eb
  • LCCPN1111 .K4 2001

Description

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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