New College, Oxford Prickard New Paperback Cambridge University Press

New College, OxfordAuthor(s): Arthur Octavius Prickard, Edmund H. New\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108017961, 978-1108017961\nSynopsis\nPublished during the golden decade before the Great War left an indelible mark on fellows and undergraduates alike, New College, Oxford [tel] is a sensitive and affectionate history of an ancient institution in a modern world. Himself a fellow of the college, A. O. Prickard conveys the image of an educational family whose purpose rose 'above the needs of the life of its members' in order to make a valuable contribution to both society and scholarship. Keen to promote the college's ongoing relevance in the new century, Prickard does not allow his fascination with its history to degenerate into nostalgia. As the author himself explains, Oxford is 'a place of visions and dreams, which float about, but do not encumber the earnest life of the present'. Such con.