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Albion : the origins of the English imagination / Peter Ackroyd.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Nan A. Talese, 2003Edition: First edition in the U.S.ADescription: xxx, 524 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0385497725
  • 9780385497725
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 942 21
LOC classification:
  • DA110 .A26 2003
Online resources:
Contents:
List of Illustrations -- Chronology -- Introduction: Albion -- Patterns of Eternity -- 1. The Tree -- 2. The Radiates -- Old English -- 3. Listen! -- 4. Why Is a Raven Like a Writing Desk? -- 5. A Rare and Singular Bede -- 6. The Song of the Past -- 7. The Lives of Others -- 8. A Land of Dreams -- 9. A Note on English Melancholy -- 10. The Rolling Hills -- 11. It Rained All Night -- 12. The Prose of the World -- 13. The First Initials -- 14. Anglo-Saxon Attitudes -- Middle English -- 15. The Alteration -- 16. He Is Not Dead -- The Piety of England -- 17. Faith of Our Fathers -- 18. Old Stone -- 19. Part of the Territory -- The Poetry of England -- 20. A Song and a Dance -- 21. Fathers and Sons -- 22. The Foolish Giant -- Solitaries and Recusants -- 23. The Mysterious Voice -- 24. The Inheritance -- Women and Silence -- 25. The Female Religion -- A Renaissance -- 26. But Newly Translated -- 27. The Italian Connection -- Mungrell Tendencies -- 28. A Short History of Shakespeare -- 29. And Now for Streaky Bacon -- Antiquarianism and English History -- 30. Among the Ruins -- 31. The Conservative Tendency -- 32. A Short History Lesson -- In the English Tradition -- 33. The Song of the Sea -- 34. A Brief Excursion -- 35. A Miniature -- 36. I Saw You, Missis -- An English Bible -- 37. In the Beginning -- Cockney Visionaries -- 38. London Calling -- A Wealth of Characters -- 39. An Essay on the Essay -- 40. The Hogarthian Moment -- 41. Some Eminent Novelists -- 42. A Character Study -- 43. The Fine Art of Biography -- Women and Anger -- 44. Femality and Fiction -- Melodrama -- 45. Blood and Gore -- 46. Ghosts -- Philosophy, Mockery and Learning -- 47. Practice Makes Perfect -- 48. Prolix and Prolific -- 49. Some More Dunces -- Green England -- 50. The Secret Garden -- Looking Backwards -- 51. Forging a Language -- 52. The Romantic Fallacy -- 53. English Music -- Epilogue: The Territorial Imperative -- Notes -- Acknowledgements -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 489-499) and index.

List of Illustrations -- Chronology -- Introduction: Albion -- Patterns of Eternity -- 1. The Tree -- 2. The Radiates -- Old English -- 3. Listen! -- 4. Why Is a Raven Like a Writing Desk? -- 5. A Rare and Singular Bede -- 6. The Song of the Past -- 7. The Lives of Others -- 8. A Land of Dreams -- 9. A Note on English Melancholy -- 10. The Rolling Hills -- 11. It Rained All Night -- 12. The Prose of the World -- 13. The First Initials -- 14. Anglo-Saxon Attitudes -- Middle English -- 15. The Alteration -- 16. He Is Not Dead -- The Piety of England -- 17. Faith of Our Fathers -- 18. Old Stone -- 19. Part of the Territory -- The Poetry of England -- 20. A Song and a Dance -- 21. Fathers and Sons -- 22. The Foolish Giant -- Solitaries and Recusants -- 23. The Mysterious Voice -- 24. The Inheritance -- Women and Silence -- 25. The Female Religion -- A Renaissance -- 26. But Newly Translated -- 27. The Italian Connection -- Mungrell Tendencies -- 28. A Short History of Shakespeare -- 29. And Now for Streaky Bacon -- Antiquarianism and English History -- 30. Among the Ruins -- 31. The Conservative Tendency -- 32. A Short History Lesson -- In the English Tradition -- 33. The Song of the Sea -- 34. A Brief Excursion -- 35. A Miniature -- 36. I Saw You, Missis -- An English Bible -- 37. In the Beginning -- Cockney Visionaries -- 38. London Calling -- A Wealth of Characters -- 39. An Essay on the Essay -- 40. The Hogarthian Moment -- 41. Some Eminent Novelists -- 42. A Character Study -- 43. The Fine Art of Biography -- Women and Anger -- 44. Femality and Fiction -- Melodrama -- 45. Blood and Gore -- 46. Ghosts -- Philosophy, Mockery and Learning -- 47. Practice Makes Perfect -- 48. Prolix and Prolific -- 49. Some More Dunces -- Green England -- 50. The Secret Garden -- Looking Backwards -- 51. Forging a Language -- 52. The Romantic Fallacy -- 53. English Music -- Epilogue: The Territorial Imperative -- Notes -- Acknowledgements -- Bibliography -- Index.

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.

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