Albion : the origins of the English imagination /
Ackroyd, Peter, 1949-
Albion : the origins of the English imagination / Peter Ackroyd. - First edition in the U.S.A. - xxx, 524 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 489-499) and index.
List of Illustrations -- Chronology -- Introduction: Albion -- Patterns of Eternity -- The Tree -- The Radiates -- Old English -- Listen! -- Why Is a Raven Like a Writing Desk? -- A Rare and Singular Bede -- The Song of the Past -- The Lives of Others -- A Land of Dreams -- A Note on English Melancholy -- The Rolling Hills -- It Rained All Night -- The Prose of the World -- The First Initials -- Anglo-Saxon Attitudes -- Middle English -- The Alteration -- He Is Not Dead -- The Piety of England -- Faith of Our Fathers -- Old Stone -- Part of the Territory -- The Poetry of England -- A Song and a Dance -- Fathers and Sons -- The Foolish Giant -- Solitaries and Recusants -- The Mysterious Voice -- The Inheritance -- Women and Silence -- The Female Religion -- A Renaissance -- But Newly Translated -- The Italian Connection -- Mungrell Tendencies -- A Short History of Shakespeare -- And Now for Streaky Bacon -- Antiquarianism and English History -- Among the Ruins -- The Conservative Tendency -- A Short History Lesson -- In the English Tradition -- The Song of the Sea -- A Brief Excursion -- A Miniature -- I Saw You, Missis -- An English Bible -- In the Beginning -- Cockney Visionaries -- London Calling -- A Wealth of Characters -- An Essay on the Essay -- The Hogarthian Moment -- Some Eminent Novelists -- A Character Study -- The Fine Art of Biography -- Women and Anger -- Femality and Fiction -- Melodrama -- Blood and Gore -- Ghosts -- Philosophy, Mockery and Learning -- Practice Makes Perfect -- Prolix and Prolific -- Some More Dunces -- Green England -- The Secret Garden -- Looking Backwards -- Forging a Language -- The Romantic Fallacy -- English Music -- Epilogue: The Territorial Imperative -- Notes -- Acknowledgements -- Bibliography -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53.
Alive with stories, anecdotes, and astounding insights, this magnificent cultural history by the bestselling author of "London: The Biography" brilliantly illuminates the sources and spirit of English creativity throughout the centuries. 40 b&w photos throughout. Two 8-page full-color inserts.
0385497725 9780385497725
2002043571
Arts, English
National characteristics, English
England--Civilization
DA110 / .A26 2003
942
Albion : the origins of the English imagination / Peter Ackroyd. - First edition in the U.S.A. - xxx, 524 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 489-499) and index.
List of Illustrations -- Chronology -- Introduction: Albion -- Patterns of Eternity -- The Tree -- The Radiates -- Old English -- Listen! -- Why Is a Raven Like a Writing Desk? -- A Rare and Singular Bede -- The Song of the Past -- The Lives of Others -- A Land of Dreams -- A Note on English Melancholy -- The Rolling Hills -- It Rained All Night -- The Prose of the World -- The First Initials -- Anglo-Saxon Attitudes -- Middle English -- The Alteration -- He Is Not Dead -- The Piety of England -- Faith of Our Fathers -- Old Stone -- Part of the Territory -- The Poetry of England -- A Song and a Dance -- Fathers and Sons -- The Foolish Giant -- Solitaries and Recusants -- The Mysterious Voice -- The Inheritance -- Women and Silence -- The Female Religion -- A Renaissance -- But Newly Translated -- The Italian Connection -- Mungrell Tendencies -- A Short History of Shakespeare -- And Now for Streaky Bacon -- Antiquarianism and English History -- Among the Ruins -- The Conservative Tendency -- A Short History Lesson -- In the English Tradition -- The Song of the Sea -- A Brief Excursion -- A Miniature -- I Saw You, Missis -- An English Bible -- In the Beginning -- Cockney Visionaries -- London Calling -- A Wealth of Characters -- An Essay on the Essay -- The Hogarthian Moment -- Some Eminent Novelists -- A Character Study -- The Fine Art of Biography -- Women and Anger -- Femality and Fiction -- Melodrama -- Blood and Gore -- Ghosts -- Philosophy, Mockery and Learning -- Practice Makes Perfect -- Prolix and Prolific -- Some More Dunces -- Green England -- The Secret Garden -- Looking Backwards -- Forging a Language -- The Romantic Fallacy -- English Music -- Epilogue: The Territorial Imperative -- Notes -- Acknowledgements -- Bibliography -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53.
Alive with stories, anecdotes, and astounding insights, this magnificent cultural history by the bestselling author of "London: The Biography" brilliantly illuminates the sources and spirit of English creativity throughout the centuries. 40 b&w photos throughout. Two 8-page full-color inserts.
0385497725 9780385497725
2002043571
Arts, English
National characteristics, English
England--Civilization
DA110 / .A26 2003
942