Author: Richard Foster
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
ISBN: 178551220X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Winchester College was founded in 1382 and is one of England's oldest schools. This publication includes essays on fifty objects from across these collections, each written by a member of the school community. Winchester College was founded in 1382 and is one of England's oldest schools. Over the past six centuries it has accumulated remarkable collections of documents, books and works of art. This publication includes essays on fifty objects from across these collections, each written by a member of the school community. It features documents and artefacts from the early history of the College, and outstanding items from its important collections of Greek antiquities, Chinese ceramics, English silver, and rare books. Among the more unusual and unexpected objects are a ship model made by 18th century prisoners, a scrapbook from the Crimean War, and perhaps the world's longest running scientific experiment. An introductory essay describes how the collections were acquired and sets them in the context of the school's history.
50 Treasures from Winchester College
Author: Richard Foster
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
ISBN: 178551220X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Winchester College was founded in 1382 and is one of England's oldest schools. This publication includes essays on fifty objects from across these collections, each written by a member of the school community. Winchester College was founded in 1382 and is one of England's oldest schools. Over the past six centuries it has accumulated remarkable collections of documents, books and works of art. This publication includes essays on fifty objects from across these collections, each written by a member of the school community. It features documents and artefacts from the early history of the College, and outstanding items from its important collections of Greek antiquities, Chinese ceramics, English silver, and rare books. Among the more unusual and unexpected objects are a ship model made by 18th century prisoners, a scrapbook from the Crimean War, and perhaps the world's longest running scientific experiment. An introductory essay describes how the collections were acquired and sets them in the context of the school's history.
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
ISBN: 178551220X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Winchester College was founded in 1382 and is one of England's oldest schools. This publication includes essays on fifty objects from across these collections, each written by a member of the school community. Winchester College was founded in 1382 and is one of England's oldest schools. Over the past six centuries it has accumulated remarkable collections of documents, books and works of art. This publication includes essays on fifty objects from across these collections, each written by a member of the school community. It features documents and artefacts from the early history of the College, and outstanding items from its important collections of Greek antiquities, Chinese ceramics, English silver, and rare books. Among the more unusual and unexpected objects are a ship model made by 18th century prisoners, a scrapbook from the Crimean War, and perhaps the world's longest running scientific experiment. An introductory essay describes how the collections were acquired and sets them in the context of the school's history.
Gilded Youth
Author: James Brooke-Smith
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 1789140668
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
The British public school is an iconic institution, a training ground for the ruling elite and a symbol of national identity and tradition. But beyond the elegant architecture and evergreen playing fields is a turbulent history of teenage rebellion, sexual dissidence, and political radicalism. James Brooke-Smith wades into the wilder shores of public-school life over the last three hundred years in Gilded Youth. He uncovers armed mutinies in the late eighteenth century, a Victorian craze for flagellation, dandy-aesthetes of the 1920s, quasi-scientific discourse on masturbation, Communist scares in the 1930s, and the salacious tabloid scandals of the present day. Drawing on personal experience, extensive research, and public school representations in poetry, school slang, spy films, popular novels, and rock music, Brooke-Smith offers a fresh account of upper-class adolescence in Britain and the role of elite private education in shaping youth culture. He shows how this central British institution has inspired a counterculture of artists, intellectuals, and radicals—from Percy Shelley and George Orwell to Peter Gabriel and Richard Branson—who have rebelled against both the schools themselves and the wider society for which they stand. Written with verve and humor in the tradition of Owen Jones’s The Establishment: And How They Get Away With It, this highly original cultural history is an eye-opening leap over the hallowed iron gates of privilege—and perturbation.
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 1789140668
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
The British public school is an iconic institution, a training ground for the ruling elite and a symbol of national identity and tradition. But beyond the elegant architecture and evergreen playing fields is a turbulent history of teenage rebellion, sexual dissidence, and political radicalism. James Brooke-Smith wades into the wilder shores of public-school life over the last three hundred years in Gilded Youth. He uncovers armed mutinies in the late eighteenth century, a Victorian craze for flagellation, dandy-aesthetes of the 1920s, quasi-scientific discourse on masturbation, Communist scares in the 1930s, and the salacious tabloid scandals of the present day. Drawing on personal experience, extensive research, and public school representations in poetry, school slang, spy films, popular novels, and rock music, Brooke-Smith offers a fresh account of upper-class adolescence in Britain and the role of elite private education in shaping youth culture. He shows how this central British institution has inspired a counterculture of artists, intellectuals, and radicals—from Percy Shelley and George Orwell to Peter Gabriel and Richard Branson—who have rebelled against both the schools themselves and the wider society for which they stand. Written with verve and humor in the tradition of Owen Jones’s The Establishment: And How They Get Away With It, this highly original cultural history is an eye-opening leap over the hallowed iron gates of privilege—and perturbation.
A History of Winchester College
Author: Arthur Francis Leach
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 678
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Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 678
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Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A to Byz
Author: John Stephen Farmer
Publisher:
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 428
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 428
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The Public School Word-book
Author: John Stephen Farmer
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
"The Public School Word-book: A contribution to a historical glossary of words, phrases, and turns of expression" by John Stephen Farmer is an invaluable resource for those interested in the historical evolution of language and expression in public schools. Farmer's meticulous research and compilation of words and phrases shed light on the linguistic landscape of educational institutions. This book serves as a fascinating linguistic journey, offering a deeper understanding of the language used in public schools throughout history. It's a valuable reference for linguists, educators, and anyone intrigued by the evolution of language in educational settings.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
"The Public School Word-book: A contribution to a historical glossary of words, phrases, and turns of expression" by John Stephen Farmer is an invaluable resource for those interested in the historical evolution of language and expression in public schools. Farmer's meticulous research and compilation of words and phrases shed light on the linguistic landscape of educational institutions. This book serves as a fascinating linguistic journey, offering a deeper understanding of the language used in public schools throughout history. It's a valuable reference for linguists, educators, and anyone intrigued by the evolution of language in educational settings.
Jane and the Final Mystery
Author: Stephanie Barron
Publisher: Soho Press
ISBN: 1641295066
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
The final volume of the critically acclaimed mystery series featuring Jane Austen as amateur sleuth March 1817: As winter turns to spring, Jane Austen’s health is in slow decline, and threatens to cease progress on her latest manuscript. But when her nephew Edward brings chilling news of a death at his former school, Winchester College, not even her debilitating ailment can keep Jane from seeking out the truth. Arthur Prendergast, a senior pupil at the prestigious all-boys’ boarding school, has been found dead in a culvert near the schoolgrounds—and in the pocket of his drenched waistcoat is an incriminating note penned by the young William Heathcote, the son of Jane’s dear friend Elizabeth. Winchester College is a world unto itself, with its own language and rites of passage, cruel hazing and dangerous pranks. Can Jane clear William’s name before her illness gets the better of her? Over the course of fourteen previous novels in the critically acclaimed Being a Jane Austen Mystery series, Stephanie Barron has won the hearts of thousands of fans—crime fiction aficionados and Janeites alike—with her tricky plotting and breathtaking evocation of Austen’s voice. Now, she brings Jane’s final season—and final murder investigation—to brilliant, poignant life in this unforgettable conclusion.
Publisher: Soho Press
ISBN: 1641295066
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
The final volume of the critically acclaimed mystery series featuring Jane Austen as amateur sleuth March 1817: As winter turns to spring, Jane Austen’s health is in slow decline, and threatens to cease progress on her latest manuscript. But when her nephew Edward brings chilling news of a death at his former school, Winchester College, not even her debilitating ailment can keep Jane from seeking out the truth. Arthur Prendergast, a senior pupil at the prestigious all-boys’ boarding school, has been found dead in a culvert near the schoolgrounds—and in the pocket of his drenched waistcoat is an incriminating note penned by the young William Heathcote, the son of Jane’s dear friend Elizabeth. Winchester College is a world unto itself, with its own language and rites of passage, cruel hazing and dangerous pranks. Can Jane clear William’s name before her illness gets the better of her? Over the course of fourteen previous novels in the critically acclaimed Being a Jane Austen Mystery series, Stephanie Barron has won the hearts of thousands of fans—crime fiction aficionados and Janeites alike—with her tricky plotting and breathtaking evocation of Austen’s voice. Now, she brings Jane’s final season—and final murder investigation—to brilliant, poignant life in this unforgettable conclusion.
Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present
Author: John Stephen Farmer
Publisher:
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Category : Slang
Languages : en
Pages : 438
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Slang
Languages : en
Pages : 438
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Phases of My Life
Author: Francis Pigou (D.D.)
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 440
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Languages : en
Pages : 440
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English Life and Manners in the Later Middle Ages
Author: Annie Abram
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Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 504
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Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 504
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Steiger's Educational Directory for 1878
Author: Ernst Steiger
Publisher:
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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