English Music (novel)

First edition (publ. Hamish Hamilton)

English Music is the sixth novel by Peter Ackroyd. Published in 1992, it is both a bildungsroman and, in the words of critic John Barrell, "partly a series of rhapsodies and meditations on the nature of English culture, written in the styles of various great authors."[1] As with all Ackroyd's previous novels, it focuses on London, although on this occasion partly as a backdrop for English culture in general.

  1. ^ Barrell, John "Make the music mute", London Review of Books, Vol. 14 No. 13, 9 July 1992, page 7