by Peter Ackroyd · Chatto and Windus · tapa dura · ISBN 9781856197212
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«Albion: The Origins of the English Imagination» is the historical essay by Peter Ackroyd, published by Chatto and Windus in hardback (512 pages, in English).
A journey through England's cultural history, from the Anglo-Saxon era to the present, weaving together myths such as King Arthur and Albion with literature, art and music. Ackroyd surveys Chaucer, Shakespeare, Locke, Blake and Dickens, and addresses Romanticism, forgery, plagiarism, artifice and popular theatre.
First edition of 2002 (Chatto & Windus, London). A work of cultural history and literary criticism about England.
For readers of historical essays and literary criticism interested in English culture and identity.
Peter Ackroyd is an English novelist, biographer and critic with a specialist interest in the history and culture of London. He is noted for his "technically innovative novels", the volume of work he has produced, the range of styles therein, his skill at assuming different voices, and the depth of his research.
