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<H1>This Enchanted Isle</H1>
<H2>The Neo-Romantic Vision <BR>from William Blake to the New Visionaries</H2>
<H3><I>Peter Woodcock</I></H3><BR>
<P><B>What are the connections between William Blake, the painters Paul Nash, Graham Sutherland, John Piper; and the writers John Cowper Powys, Peter Ackroyd, Elizabeth Bowen and Iain Sinclair?</B></P>
<P>How did Doctor Dee, astrologer and alchemist to Queen Elizabeth I, get onto celluloid?</P>
<P>How is the Spirit of Place (<I>psychogeography</I>) relevant now? Does the Spirit of Place still exist in our culture or have we lost our spiritual heritage to the conglomeration of market forces and corporate art? Quietly, out of the mainstream hype, artists are exploring the landscape, revealing its secret language through painting, writing, film-making and multimedia.</P>
<P><B>PETER WOODCOCK</B> has had a love of Neo-Romanticism since his student days. At the RCA in the early Sixties he was tutored by Edward Bawden, who himself was taught by Paul Nash, one of the precursors of the Neo-Romantic movement. Peter has worked as an illustrator on a wide range of publications and taught for over twenty years at Camberwell College of Art, London.</P>
<P>Based on the themes of alchemy and ancient myths, he has exhibited his work in London, New York, Bristol and Glastonbury. In 1998 he co-produced <I>The Complex Vision</I> for HTV on the writer John Cowper Powys.</P>
<P>Try out the copious samples below to get a good taste of this fascinating book.</P>
<P>• <B>WE ARE MAKING A NEW WORLD</B></P>
<P>• CHAPTER ONE <BR>
<B>AWAKE ALBION! AWAKE!</B><BR>
William Blake</P>
<P>• CHAPTER TWO <BR>
<B>THE VALLEY OF VISION</B><BR>
The works of Samuel Palmer</P>
<P>• CHAPTER THREE <BR>
<B>FALLING STARS AND MONSTROUS MOONS</B><BR>
The art of Paul Nash</P>
<P>• CHAPTER FOUR <BR>
<B>BARBED NATURE - PIERCED FLESH</B><BR>
The work of Graham Sutherland</P>
<P>• CHAPTER FIVE <BR>
<B>ENGLAND DREAMING</B><BR>
The works of John Piper</P>
<P>• CHAPTER SIX <BR>
<B>BOMB SITES, CORSICA AND A BIT OF ROUGH</B><BR>
The art of John Minton</P>
<P>• CHAPTER SEVEN <BR>
<B>INTO THE LABYRINTH</B><BR>
The World of Michael Ayrton</P>
<P>• CHAPTER EIGHT <BR>
<B>KEITH VAUGHAN</B><BR>
The Male Muse</P>
<P>• CHAPTER NINE <BR>
<B>NATURE UNBOUND</B><BR>
The work of Prunella Clough</P>
<P>• CHAPTER 10 <BR>
<B>FOLLY TO BE WISE</B><BR>
The world of Barbara Jones</P>
<P>• CHAPTER 11<BR>
<B>BYZANTINE LANDSCAPE</B><BR>
John Craxton</P>
<P>• CHAPTER 12 <BR>
<B>READING THE LANDSCAPE</B></P>
<P>• CHAPTER 13 <BR>
<B>JOHN COWPER POWYS</B><BR>
The way of the magician</P>
<P>• CHAPTER 14 <BR>
<B>ARTHUR MACHEN</B><BR>
The Hill of Dreams</P>
<P>• CHAPTER 15 <BR>
<B>DENTON WELCH</B><BR>
A Voice through a Cloud</P>
<P>• CHAPTER 16 <BR>
<B>RUINS, SHADOWS AND MOONLIGHT</B><BR>
The writings of Elizabeth Bowen<BR>
• CHAPTER 17<BR>
<B>GEOFFREY HOUSEHOLD</B><BR>
Rogue Male</P>
<P>• CHAPTER 18 <BR>
<B>THE ART OF SHADOWS</B><BR>
The novels of Peter Ackroyd</P>
<P>• CHAPTER 19 <BR>
<B>WALKING THE RUNES</B><BR>
Occult geography - the writings of lain Sinclair</P>
<P>• CHAPTER 20 <BR>
<B>CHRIS PETIT</B><BR>
The Lost Domains: Soho and Fitzrovia</P>
<P>• CHAPTER 21 <BR>
<B>THE CELLULOID VISION</B></P>
<P>• CHAPTER 22 <BR>
<B>POWELL AND PRESSBURGER</B><BR>
Stairway to the stars, <I>and</I>...<BR>
<B>BASH STREET KIDS</B><BR>
Charles Crichton</P>
<P>• CHAPTER 23 <BR>
<B>GREAT EXPECTATIONS</B><BR>
David Lean</P>
<P>• CHAPTER 24 <BR>
<B>CELLULOID GOTHIC</B><BR>
The Innocents - Jack Clayton</P>
<P>• CHAPTER 25 <BR>
<B>ANGELIC CONVERSATIONS</B><BR>
The work of Derek Jarman</P>
<P>• CHAPTER 26 <BR>
<B>RADIO ON</B><BR>
by Chris Petit</P>
<P>• CHAPTER27 <BR>
<B>JOURNEY TO THE END OF THE WORLD</B><BR>
Two films by Patrick Keiller</P>
<P>• CHAPTER 28 <BR>
<B>A RETURN TO THE GARDEN</B><BR>
David Blackburn</P>
<P>• CHAPTER 29 <BR>
<B>SECRET LANDSCAPES</B><BR>
The art of Derek Hyatt</P>
<P>• CHAPTER 30 <BR>
<B>THE SPIRIT OF PLACE</B></P>
<P>• Chapter 31 <BR>
<B>RE-ENCHANTING THE LAND</B><BR>
Neo-Romanticism and beyond</P>
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