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.
Chapter 4: Why Is a Raven Like a Writing Desk?
Chapter 5: A Rare and Singular Bede
Chapter 6: The Song of the Past
Chapter 7: The Lives of Others
Chapter 9: A Note on English Melancholy
Chapter 11: It Rained All Night
Chapter 12: The Prose of the World
Chapter 13: The First Initials
Chapter 14: Anglo-Saxon Attitudes
Chapter 17: Faith of Our Fathers
Chapter 19: Part of the Territory
Chapter 20: A Song and a Dance
Chapter 23: The Mysterious Voice
Chapter 25: The Female Religion
Chapter 26: But Newly Translated
Chapter 27: The Italian Connection
Chapter 28: A Short History of Shakespeare
Chapter 29: And Now for Streaky Bacon
Chapter 31: The Conservative Tendency
Chapter 32: A Short History Lesson
Chapter 33: The Song of the Sea
Chapter 39: An Essay on the Essay
Chapter 40: The Hogarthian Moment
Chapter 41: Some Eminent Novelists
Chapter 43: The Fine Art of Biography
Chapter 44: Femality and Fiction
Chapter 47: Practice Makes Perfect
Chapter 48: Prolix and Prolific
Chapter 51: Forging a Language
Chapter 52: The Romantic Fallacy
Epilogue: The Territorial Imperative
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