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目次

1. Nostalgia; 2. Memory: thematic reminiscence in Elgar; Hauntings;Epiphanies; Autumnal harmonies; 3. Nobility: the ideal in the present;Negative nobility; Faith and ruin; 4. Nature: the rural Pan; The wind amongthe pines; Aeolian visitations; Nature and form; 5. Childhood: the Romanticchild; Moore's 'Better Land'; Starlight and recollection; The Elgarian childtransformed; 6. Identity: the feminine element inside; Imperialist nostalgia;A demon for counterpoint; 7. Waters: A flowing-awayness; Penal waters; Severnand Amazon; Bibliography.