Oxford : a cultural and literary companion / David Horan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Horan, David.

Series:

Cities of the imagination

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literary landmarks.

Oxford (England)--Description and travel.

Oxford (England).

Oxford (England)--Social life and customs.

Literary landmarks--England--Oxford.

Oxford (England)--In literature.

Oxford (England)--History.

England--Oxford.

Physical Description:

x, 246 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Interlink Books, 1999.

Summary:

Celebrated by Matthew Arnold as the "city of dreaming spires, " Oxford has a long and illustrious history as one of Europe's oldest university towns. Its colleges, libraries and museums, ranging from the medieval to the modern, testify to the city's academic traditions and the dominant influence of "gown" over "town." But there is another Oxford, the city of car factories and housing estates, high-tech research and alternative culture.

Following in the footsteps of historic figures and writers who have lived in Oxford, David Horan reveals the many dimensions, social and cultural, of a city where tradition and modernity interconnect. From the quadrangles and chapels of the university center to the multicultural bustle of the Cowley Road, he explores both the historic and contemporary faces of Oxford.-- The university city: the seat of learning, inside the colleges, river and gardens, dons and students, "town and gown" conflict.-- The writers' city Oxford loved and hated by Dr. Johnson, Oscar Wilde and C.S. Lewis: Alice in Wonderland, Zuleika Dobson and Inspector Morse.-- The other Oxford cars and marmalade; down and outs and rock 'n' roll, boat houses and riverside pubs, the tourist trail.

Contents:

Chapter 1 St Fridewide's Oxford

Ancient Oxford 8

Church and University 12

Chapter 2 King Charles's Oxford

Christ Church 17

The Cathedral 26

Christ Church Meadows 28

St Aldate's and Folly Bridge 30

Corpus Christi 32

Chapter 3 Cardinal Newman's Oxford

The University Church of St Mary 38

The Radcliffe Camera 41

Brasenose College 42

Lincoln College 48

The Mitre and the Chequers 51

The High 52

All Souls 54

The Queen's College 56

Chapter 4 Shelley's Oxford

University College 62

The Examination Schools 67

The Botanic Garden 68

Merton Street 70

Merton College 72

Oriel College 75

Chapter 5 Sir Christopher Wren's Oxford

The Sheldonian Theatre 80

The Bodleian Library 83

Jesus College 87

Exeter College 90

Hertford College 93

New College 98

Chapter 6 Oscar Wilde's Oxford

Magdalen College 105

The Cherwell and St Catherine's College 111

Rhodes House 115

Wadham College 118

Holywell Street 119

Holywell Cemetery 120

St Edmund Hall 124

Chapter 7 Archbishop Cranmer's Oxford

St Giles' 132

St John's College 136

Balliol 140

Trinity College 145

Blackwell's 147

Chapter 8 Dr Johnson's Oxford

Pembroke College 151

St Aldate's 154

Boars Hill 157

St Ebbe's 158

Oxford Castle 159

St Peter's College 161

Carfax 164

Cornmarket 166

Oxford Union 168

Chapter 9 Alice's Oxford

Rowing 175

Godstow 176

Port Meadow and Binsey 177

The Railway Station 178

Worcester College 179

Ruskin College 181

Jericho 182

Oxford University Press 183

Theatres 184

Beaumont Street 186

The Ashmolean 188

Chapter 10 C.S. Lewis's Oxford

Headington 195

Tolkien 198

The Headington Shark 201

Chapter 11 Lord Nuffield's Oxford

The Plain 206

Cowley Road 208

Cowley 211

Iffley 213

Chapter 12 Inspector Morse's Oxford

North Oxford 219

Lady Margaret Hall 221

Somerville 222

St Anne's & St Hugh's 225

Postgraduate Colleges 227

Keble College 228

University Museum of Natural History 230

Cutteslowe 239.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1566563488

OCLC:

187474196