{"product_id":"9780500024331-imagining-englands-past-inspiration-enchantment-obsession","title":"Imagining England's Past: Inspiration, Enchantment, Obsession","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eImagining England's Past\u003c\/i\u003e takes a long look at the country's invented histories, from the glamorous to the disturbing, from the eighth century to the present day.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e By 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, \u003ci\u003eImagining England's Past\u003c\/i\u003e offers a lively, erudite account of the making and manipulation of the days of old.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Praise for \u003ci\u003eImagining England's Past\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'Susan Owens conjures our imagined past with such vivacity and lyricism that I can see the dawn mist rising over fabled fields and hear the tread of fictional histories on the worn stairs of yesteryear. Packed full of myths, stories, poems and paintings I found this book impossible to put down!'\u003cbr\u003e Charlotte Mullins, broadcaster, art critic and author of \u003ci\u003eA Little History of Art\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSusan Owens is an art historian and curator who has worked at the Royal Collection and the Victoria and Albert Museum. Her previous books include \u003ci\u003eSpirit of Place: Artists, Writers \u0026amp; the British Landscape\u003c\/i\u003e (2020), \u003ci\u003eChristina Rossetti: Poetry in Art\u003c\/i\u003e (2018) and \u003ci\u003eThe Ghost: A Cultural History\u003c\/i\u003e (2017).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Grocer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46556290318555,"sku":"9780500024331","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/e43565dd405642bb9ddc5a62ab2cf9a7.png?v=1740970471","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9780500024331-imagining-englands-past-inspiration-enchantment-obsession","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}