TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ackroyd,Peter
TI  - Albion: the origins of the English imagination 
SN  - 0385497725
AV  - DA110 .A26 2003
U1  - 942 21
PY  - 2003///
CY  - New York
PB  - Nan A. Talese
KW  - Arts, English
KW  - National characteristics, English
KW  - England
KW  - Civilization
N1  - 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
N2  - 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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