The Romantic Agony Condition:Good Edith Head

Edith Head

The survivor of a troubled childhood

the terminologies of football and nuclear war—the language of end zones—become interchangeable

including ten years in the Philippines from 1972 to 1982

Art Direction Explained

The Romantic Agony Condition:Good Edith HeadIn this now classic study, Praz describes the whole of Romantic literature under one of its most characteristic aspects, that of erotic sensibility. This wide spread mood in literature had a major effect on 19th century poets and painters, and the affinities between them and their 20th centurycounterparts makes this account of the Romantic Decadents an indispensible guide to the study of modern literature.