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Features the stories ranging 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'. This work takes the reader from medieval mystery plays to music hall and pantomime; painting; and music, with Purcell and Vaughan Williams.
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Albion : The Origins of the English Imagination, Peter Ackroyd
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- Released
- 2004
- Binding
- (Paperback)
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Peter Ackroyd
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Released
- 2004
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 512
- ISBN10
- 0099438070
- ISBN13
- 9780099438076
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Art & Culture, Social Sciences, Historical Themes, History, Literary Studies, Art, British Literature, Art History & Criticism, England, Culture and Society, History of Art, English Literature, History of Europe, Literary Criticism, Imagination, History of England, English Painting
- First published
- 2002
- Original title
- Albion: The Origin of the Engish Imagination
- Rating
- 3.3 out of 5
- Description
- Features the stories ranging 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'. This work takes the reader from medieval mystery plays to music hall and pantomime; painting; and music, with Purcell and Vaughan Williams.