Albion

The Origins of the English Imagination

Peter Ackroyd

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Vintage
01 October 2004

Literary studies: general; History; Social & cultural history; Cultural studies

'Albion is an explosion, full of particles whizzing through air - crammed, digressive, learned, knotted' Daily Telegraph

Highly original and magnificent in scope, Albion- The Origins of the English Imagination discovers the roots of English cultural history in the Anglo-Saxon period, and traces it through the centuries.

What does it mean to be English? This dazzling book demonstrates that a quintessentially English quality can be discovered in all forms of English culture, not only in literature but also in painting, music, architecture, philosophy and science.

Just as London- The Biography guided the reader through the capital city with a mixture of narrative and theme, so Albion, employing the same techniques, engages the reader with stories and surprises - From Beowulf to King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, via Chaucer and Shakespeare, to the Bronte sisters, Alice through the Looking Glass and Lord of the Rings

Witty, provocative and anecdotal, this is Peter Ackroyd at his most brilliant and exuberant.

By: Peter Ackroyd
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 40mm
Weight: 703g
ISBN: 9780099438076
ISBN 10: 0099438070
Pages: 512
Publication Date: 01 October 2004
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Peter Ackroyd lives in London. He is the author of biographies of Dickens, Blake and Thomas More and of the bestselling London: The biography. A number of his lectures (such as The Englishness of English Literature) and of his novels (such as English Music) have explored the theme of What is Englishness? He has won the Whitbread Biography Award, the Royal Society of Literature's William Heinemann Award, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the Guardian Fiction Prize, the Somerset Maugham Award and the South Bank Prize for Literature. His most recent book is The Collection, selected journalism, reviews, essays and lectures.

Reviews for Albion: The Origins of the English Imagination

Ackroyd covers not only literature but art, architecture, music and almost everything else that has passed through the minds of the English...just one damn interesting thing after another. -- Sunday Times <br> Albion is an explosion, full of particles whizzing through air...crammed, digressive, learned, knotted. -- Daily Telegraph