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A lively anthology of writing about the University, ("not" the town, so don't expect any references to Inspector Morse), tracing it's history through to the 1950s.

About the author

Jan Morris, who is Anglo-Welsh by parentage, divides her time between her library house in North Wales, her dacha in the Black Mountains of South Wales, and travels abroad. She is an Honorary Fellow of the University College of Wales.

Of her work Paul Theroux has remarked, 'I don't think that there is a writer alive who has Jan Morris's serenity or strength'. Her many publications include: Venice (1960), Oxford (1965), the Pax Britannica trilogy (1968), and The Matter of Wales (1984). She has also published a novel, Last Letters from Hav, which was short-listed for the Booker Prize, as well as books on Hong Kong, Manhatten, and Sydney.

Summary

In this entertaining and lively anthology, Jan Morris traces the history of the University from its foundation in the Middle Ages through to the twentieth century, combining extracts from contemporary observers with her own informative commentary.

Additional text

The whole book is composed of choice quotes ... a book in which to put your thumb and pull out a plum

Product details

• Authors: Jan Morris, Morris Jan
• Assisted by: Denys Baker (Illustration), Jan Morris (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.07.2002
• EAN: 9780192804075
• ISBN: 978-0-19-280407-5
• No. of pages: 414
• Series: Oxford Books of Prose; The Oxford Books of Prose Series; Oxford Books of Prose
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; History: specific events & topics, Oxfordshire, HISTORY / General, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, History: specific events and topics, universities, Anthologies: general, Anthologies (non-poetry), Higher education, tertiary education, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher