Table of Contents

Introduction: Experience as Imagination

Chapter 1:
First Ways of Knowing

Chapter 2:
Imagination and the Shock of Recognition

Chapter 3:
Memories of Loss

Chapter 4:
Playing with Magic

Chapter 5:
Dreams of Perfection

Chapter 6:
Emily Brontë and Her Visitant: Lost Love and Creativity

Chapter 7:
J. M. Barrie: A Search for the Eternal Boy of Neverland

Chapter 8:
Isak Dinesen: Romantic Ideation and the Quest for Self

Chapter 9:
Jack Kerouac: Saints and Fallen Angels

Chapter 10:
Final Thoughts: Loss, Love, and Creativity

Bibliography

Index