Introduction 1. Influence, Image, and the Movement of Time 2. Sun-Worship and the Idolatry of Images: Derek Jarman, Philip Glass, and The Swimming-Pool Library 3. 'The Poets of Our Time': Lateness and Pedagogical Influence in The Folding Star 4. 'Almost Always': Influence, Ecstasy, and Architectural Imagination in The Spel 5. Spitting Images: Image, Text, and the Popular Press in The Line of Beauty 6. 'The Latter Days Sortes Virgilianae': Confirmation Bias and the Image of the Poet in The Stranger's Child Conclusion Bibliography Index
