Oxford

3rd UK Auflage
ISBN: 978-0-19-280136-4
Verlag: Oxford Univ PR

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 131 mm x 196 mm, Gewicht: 257 g

'Few cities,' Jan Morris observes, 'have been much more loved, loathed, and celebrated.' This book has become a classic account of the character, history, mores, buildings, climate, and people of one of Britain's most fascinating cities.

'A book of outstanding excellence, with a sweep of knowledge and a distinction of style such as I have never before encountered in a work of this sort. Brilliant alike in observation and imagination. brings the very stones of Oxford to life'
Sunday Telegraph.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Morris, Jan

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regionalgeographie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Regional- & Stadtgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 1: Piebald

- 2: Rich Mixture

- 3: Town and Country

- 4: Universitas Oxoniensis

- 5: Ornery

- 6: College Spirit

- 7: No Good Aire

- 8: Fauna and Flora

- 9: Sorts and Conditions

- 10: Pleasures

- 11: The Look of It

- 12: Learning

- 13: Vineyard of the Lord

- 14: Compact of Ancient Tales

- 15: The Ark

- 16: The Argosy

- 17: In Art

- 18: Right of Way

- 19: Distant Trumpets

- 20: The Heart of Things

- 21: Gone Away

Über Autor(innen)

Jan Morris is a highly distinguished writer of travel books, her career spanning over 30 years. She is an Honorary Fellow of the University College of Wales. Her many publications include: Venice (1960), The Pax Brittania Trilogy (1968), The Oxford Book of Oxford (1978), and The Matter of Wales (1984). She has also written a novel Last Letters from Hav, which was short-listed for the Booker Prize.