James King is a Professor of English at McMaster University, Canada. A prolific writer of both fiction and non-fiction, previous books include Interior Landscapes: A Life of Paul Nash, The Last Modern: A Life of Herbert Read and Roland Penrose: The Life of a Surrealist.
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Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Artist as Acrobat; Chapter 2: Meeting Places; Chapter 3: The Artist Outside the Theatre; Chapter 4: An Artist Turned Loose; Chapter 5: 'Vast Primitive Things'; Chapter 6: Marketing Modernism; Chapter 7: A New Eye; Chapter 8: Fine and Applied Art; Notes; Bibliography; Index