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_aAckroyd, Peter, _d1949- _eauthor. _9254794 |
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_aAlbion : _bthe origins of the English imagination / _cPeter Ackroyd. |
250 | _aFirst edition in the U.S.A. | ||
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_aNew York : _bNan A. Talese, _c2003. |
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_axxx, 524 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations (some colour) ; _c25 cm |
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504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 489-499) and index. | ||
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_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. | ||
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