Dr David Blayney Brown is Senior Curator at the Tate, heading the Turner Collection in the Clore Gallery. He has arranged exhibitions (both in the UK and abroad) and written monographs on numerous artists of the Romantic era, including Samuel Palmer, David Wilkie and Turner. He is a frequent contributor to Burlington Magazine and Apollo, and is Vice-President of the Byron Society. Author's residence: London SW6

Introduction * The Portrait of the Artist * Heroes, Martyrs, Soldiers, Citizens * Landscapes * The Romantic Sense of the Past * The Lure of the Exotic * Altered States * Love and Death * Epilogue * Glossary * Brief Biographies * Key Dates * Map * Further Reading * Index