The Crabtree Orations: 1954–1994
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Since 1954, some of the finest minds in British intellectual and cultural life have gathered under the banner of the Crabtree Foundation to deliver a series of ceremonial orations — witty, erudite, and deliberately mock-solemn addresses in honour of the mythical William Crabtree — and The Crabtree Orations 1954–1994 brings together four decades of these remarkable speeches in a single, authoritative volume. Compiled and edited by Bryan Bennett and Negley Harte, the collection presents a parade of distinguished orators whose contributions range from the gloriously absurd to the genuinely insightful, each oration a carefully crafted performance that straddles the line between learned discourse and inspired comic invention. Rooted in the grand British tradition of the after-dinner speech and the learned society spoof, this anthology stands as a unique cultural artefact, chronicling the evolution of wit and rhetoric in academic and artistic circles across the second half of the twentieth century. The orations illuminate not only the playful ingenuity of their authors but also the shifting preoccupations of British intellectual society over forty transformative years. For readers who prize the union of scholarship and humour, this collection raises one irresistible question: just who, in the end, was William Crabtree?
Author: Bryan Bennett & Negley Harte
Format: Hardback
Published: 1994, The Crabtree Foundation
Genre: Essays
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Since 1954, some of the finest minds in British intellectual and cultural life have gathered under the banner of the Crabtree Foundation to deliver a series of ceremonial orations — witty, erudite, and deliberately mock-solemn addresses in honour of the mythical William Crabtree — and The Crabtree Orations 1954–1994 brings together four decades of these remarkable speeches in a single, authoritative volume. Compiled and edited by Bryan Bennett and Negley Harte, the collection presents a parade of distinguished orators whose contributions range from the gloriously absurd to the genuinely insightful, each oration a carefully crafted performance that straddles the line between learned discourse and inspired comic invention. Rooted in the grand British tradition of the after-dinner speech and the learned society spoof, this anthology stands as a unique cultural artefact, chronicling the evolution of wit and rhetoric in academic and artistic circles across the second half of the twentieth century. The orations illuminate not only the playful ingenuity of their authors but also the shifting preoccupations of British intellectual society over forty transformative years. For readers who prize the union of scholarship and humour, this collection raises one irresistible question: just who, in the end, was William Crabtree?