Imagining England's past : inspiration, enchantment, obsession / Susan Owens.
Author/creator |
Owens, Susan author. |
Format | Tactile Material, Book, and Print |
Publication Info | London : Thames and Hudson, 2023. |
Copyright Notice | 2023 |
Description | 303 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
Subject(s) |
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Contents | Prologue -- Once upon a time -- The treasures of time -- Living in the past -- In the olden days -- Crusages against the age -- Nostalgia -- Backing into the future -- Epilogue. |
Summary | England has long built its sense of self on visions of its past. What does it mean for medieval writers to summon King Arthur from the post-Roman fog; for William Morris to resurrect the skills of the medieval workshop and Julia Margaret Cameron to portray the Arthurian court with her Victorian camera; or for Yinka Shonibare in the final years of the twentieth century to visualize a Black Victorian dandy? 00By exploring the imaginations of successive generations, this book reveals how diverse notions of the past have inspired literature, art, music, architecture and fashion. It shines a light on subjects from myths to mock-Tudor houses, Stonehenge to steampunk, and asks how ? and why ? the past continues so powerfully to shape the present. Not a history of England, but a history of those who have written, painted and dreamed it into being, Imagining England's Past offers a lively, erudite account of the making and manipulation of the days of old. |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-292) and index. |
Issued in other form | ebook version : 9780500778296 |
Genre/form | Art. |
ISBN | 9780500024331 |
ISBN | 0500024332 |
ISBN | ePub ebook |
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