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100 1 _aAckroyd, Peter,
_d1949-
_eauthor.
_9254794
245 1 0 _aAlbion :
_bthe origins of the English imagination /
_cPeter Ackroyd.
250 _aFirst edition in the U.S.A.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bNan A. Talese,
_c2003.
300 _axxx, 524 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations (some colour) ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 489-499) and index.
505 0 0 _tList of Illustrations --
_tChronology --
_tIntroduction: Albion --
_tPatterns of Eternity --
_g1.
_tThe Tree --
_g2.
_tThe Radiates --
_tOld English --
_g3.
_tListen! --
_g4.
_tWhy Is a Raven Like a Writing Desk? --
_g5.
_tA Rare and Singular Bede --
_g6.
_tThe Song of the Past --
_g7.
_tThe Lives of Others --
_g8.
_tA Land of Dreams --
_g9.
_tA Note on English Melancholy --
_g10.
_tThe Rolling Hills --
_g11.
_tIt Rained All Night --
_g12.
_tThe Prose of the World --
_g13.
_tThe First Initials --
_g14.
_tAnglo-Saxon Attitudes --
_tMiddle English --
_g15.
_tThe Alteration --
_g16.
_tHe Is Not Dead --
_tThe Piety of England --
_g17.
_tFaith of Our Fathers --
_g18.
_tOld Stone --
_g19.
_tPart of the Territory --
_tThe Poetry of England --
_g20.
_tA Song and a Dance --
_g21.
_tFathers and Sons --
_g22.
_tThe Foolish Giant --
_tSolitaries and Recusants --
_g23.
_tThe Mysterious Voice --
_g24.
_tThe Inheritance --
_tWomen and Silence --
_g25.
_tThe Female Religion --
_tA Renaissance --
_g26.
_tBut Newly Translated --
_g27.
_tThe Italian Connection --
_tMungrell Tendencies --
_g28.
_tA Short History of Shakespeare --
_g29.
_tAnd Now for Streaky Bacon --
_tAntiquarianism and English History --
_g30.
_tAmong the Ruins --
_g31.
_tThe Conservative Tendency --
_g32.
_tA Short History Lesson --
_tIn the English Tradition --
_g33.
_tThe Song of the Sea --
_g34.
_tA Brief Excursion --
_g35.
_tA Miniature --
_g36.
_tI Saw You, Missis --
_tAn English Bible --
_g37.
_tIn the Beginning --
_tCockney Visionaries --
_g38.
_tLondon Calling --
_tA Wealth of Characters --
_g39.
_tAn Essay on the Essay --
_g40.
_tThe Hogarthian Moment --
_g41.
_tSome Eminent Novelists --
_g42.
_tA Character Study --
_g43.
_tThe Fine Art of Biography --
_tWomen and Anger --
_g44.
_tFemality and Fiction --
_tMelodrama --
_g45.
_tBlood and Gore --
_g46.
_tGhosts --
_tPhilosophy, Mockery and Learning --
_g47.
_tPractice Makes Perfect --
_g48.
_tProlix and Prolific --
_g49.
_tSome More Dunces --
_tGreen England --
_g50.
_tThe Secret Garden --
_tLooking Backwards --
_g51.
_tForging a Language --
_g52.
_tThe Romantic Fallacy --
_g53.
_tEnglish Music --
_tEpilogue: The Territorial Imperative --
_tNotes --
_tAcknowledgements --
_tBibliography --
_tIndex.
520 _aAlive 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.
588 _aMachine converted from AACR2 source record.
650 0 _aArts, English
_9314162
650 0 _aNational characteristics, English
_9333198
651 0 _aEngland
_xCivilization
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