Memories 1898-1939
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Few figures in twentieth-century Oxford life commanded as much intellectual authority as Sir Cecil Maurice Bowra — classicist, wit, Warden of Wadham College, and one of the most celebrated hosts of his generation. Memories 1898-1939 is an autobiographical account that chronicles his formative years, from a childhood spent partly in China to his education at Cheltenham and New College, Oxford, through to the eve of the Second World War. Written with characteristic verve and candour, Bowra presents a vivid portrait of an era defined by scholarly brilliance and social transformation, peopled with luminaries from W. B. Yeats and T. S. Eliot to Isaiah Berlin and Evelyn Waugh. Beyond its value as personal testimony, this memoir stands as a remarkable document of early twentieth-century intellectual culture — a window into the rarefied world of Oxford academia between the wars. Bowra's prose is precise and elegant, carrying the same classical sensibility that distinguished his scholarly writing, and his observations on friendship, learning, and the life of the mind remain as incisive as ever. For those drawn to the golden age of Oxford humanism, this memoir leaves one wondering just what was lost when that world finally came to an end.
Author: C. M. Bowra
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Few figures in twentieth-century Oxford life commanded as much intellectual authority as Sir Cecil Maurice Bowra — classicist, wit, Warden of Wadham College, and one of the most celebrated hosts of his generation. Memories 1898-1939 is an autobiographical account that chronicles his formative years, from a childhood spent partly in China to his education at Cheltenham and New College, Oxford, through to the eve of the Second World War. Written with characteristic verve and candour, Bowra presents a vivid portrait of an era defined by scholarly brilliance and social transformation, peopled with luminaries from W. B. Yeats and T. S. Eliot to Isaiah Berlin and Evelyn Waugh. Beyond its value as personal testimony, this memoir stands as a remarkable document of early twentieth-century intellectual culture — a window into the rarefied world of Oxford academia between the wars. Bowra's prose is precise and elegant, carrying the same classical sensibility that distinguished his scholarly writing, and his observations on friendship, learning, and the life of the mind remain as incisive as ever. For those drawn to the golden age of Oxford humanism, this memoir leaves one wondering just what was lost when that world finally came to an end.