Oxford - Jan Morris

Oxford

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
304 Seiten
2001 | 3rd Revised edition
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-280136-4 (ISBN)
21,15 inkl. MwSt
Jan Morris has given us a brilliant and thoroughly enjoyable exploration the history, architecture, geography, and culture of one of England's most historic, beautiful, enigmatic and visited cities -- Oxford. This is the perfect guide for local historians, visitors to the city, and prospective students of the famous university.
'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.

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.

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

Erscheint lt. Verlag 31.5.2001
Zusatzinfo 8 pp black and white plates
Verlagsort Oxford
Sprache englisch
Maße 129 x 197 mm
Gewicht 227 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber
Reisen Bildbände
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Geografie / Kartografie
ISBN-10 0-19-280136-8 / 0192801368
ISBN-13 978-0-19-280136-4 / 9780192801364
Zustand Neuware
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