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Terrae-Filius: Or, The Secret History of the University of Oxford (1721; 1726) by Nicholas Amhurst, William E. Rivers (Hardcover, 2004)

Edited with an Introduction and Notes by William E. Rivers In his Terrae-Filius essays of 1721, Nicholas Amhurst describes and satirizes Oxford life as he saw it during the 1710s and early 1720s. Although academic and intellectual issues receive abundant attention, Amhurst devoted even more space to the political, religious, social, and moral issues that often worked to undercut the university's academic goals. Written in an energetic, personal prose style characteristic of the best eighteenth-century essay periodicals, the Terrae-Filius essays provide accessible, entertaining reading for anyone interested in the history of Oxford University, early eighteenth-century British culture, or the close but often tense relationship between the nation and the university during the tumultuous decade following the Whig ascendancy of 1714. This modern critical edition of the Terrae-Filius reprints all the essays (including those omitted in the 1726 collected editions) and provides an introduction and extensive explanatory notes that set the essays in their historical and cultural context. William E. Rivers is Professor of English at the University of South Carolina.

Author
Nicholas Amhurst, William E. Rivers
Publication Name
Terrae-Filius: Or, the Secret History of the University of Oxford (1721; 1726)
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Coaching & Career Guidance, History
Publication Year
2004
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
504 Pages

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