Oxford in English literature : the making, and undoing, of 'the English Athens'

Oxford in English literature : the making, and undoing, of 'the English Athens' /

As 'the English Athens', Oxford has long been seen as central to England's intellectual life. For over six centuries the city has been lauded, slighted, and cited in the pages of English literature. While it has been hailed as the embodiment of excellence, beauty, and truth on the one...

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Main Author: Dougill, John
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©1998.
Subjects:
Carroll, Lewis, > 1832-1898 > Criticism and interpretation.
Carroll, Lewis, > 1832-1898.
Carroll, Lewis, > 1832-1898. > Alice's adventures in Wonderland.
Carroll, Lewis, > 1832-1898. > Through the looking-glass.
Carroll, Lewis, > 1832-1898, > xCriticism and interpretation.
University of Oxford > In literature.
University of Oxford.
Through the looking-glass (Carroll, Lewis)
Alice's adventures in Wonderland (Carroll, Lewis)
English literature > England > Oxford > History and criticism.
Authors, English > Homes and haunts > England > Oxford.
Littérature anglaise > Angleterre > Oxford > Histoire et critique.
Authors, English > Homes and haunts.
English literature.
Intellectual life.
Literature.
Literatur
Engels.
Letterkunde.
Oxford (England) > Intellectual life.
Oxford (England) > In literature.
England > Oxford.
Englisch.
Oxford <Motiv>
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Table of Contents:
  • From mists to myths : enchantments of the Middle Ages
  • Our most noble Athens : Renaissance and royal capital
  • Of palaces and petty kings : reason to reform
  • Rites and wrongs : the Oxford novel
  • A Delightful lie : the Oxford myth
  • The writing on the walls : from Premodern to Postmodern
  • Conclusion : an Englishman's house.

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