{"product_id":"an-american-in-victorian-cambridge-charles-astor-bristeds-five-years-in-an-english-university-9780859898249","title":"An American in Victorian Cambridge Charles Astor","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An American in Victorian Cambridge\" is a richly detailed account of student life in the Cambridge of the 1840s. The rationale for the book, which is as appealing today as it was then, is that this is pre-eminently a book about an American student at an English university. In this new edition, some substantial additions have been made.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Bristed’s account provides under a new title an unusual and frequently very funny snapshot of Victorian Cambridge.’ ‘His intelligence and wit, and the peculiar sympathy of his character, make this an invaluable reprint of a unique and accessible account.’\u003cem\u003e  (The Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e. No 5529, March 20, 2009)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Christopher Stray has done a brilliant job of unburdening and illuminating Bristed’s text. (…) Drawing copiously on his own expert knowledge both of Classics and Cambridge, his introduction and notes give ample context fro most of Bristed’s introverted obsessions and turn them into useful evidence for a better understanding of elite education in Victorian Britain.’\u003cem\u003e  (Times Higher Education,\u003c\/em\u003e 26, February 2009)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘With much patience and skill, Stray has performed a…resurrection upon Bristed’s forgotten literary classic, and he has further refreshed it with the addition of contemporary illustration by John Lewis Roget (son of Thesaurus Roget). Roget’s pen and ink renderings, such as this oft-repeated…reinforce the literary portraiture with a simplicity of line that anticipates later English illustrators E.H. Shepard and C.G. Harper’  (Carlyle Studies Annual, 25, June 2010)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eIllustrations\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cem\u003ePhotograph of Charles Astor Bristed\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eForeword by Patrick Leary\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eIntroduction by Christopher Stray\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eBibliography\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eOriginal dedication\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eOriginal preface\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e1. First Impressions of Cambridge [1840]\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e2. Some Preliminaries, Rather Egotistical but Very Necessary [1835-9]\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e3. Introduction to College Life\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e4. The Cantab Language\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e5. An American Student's First Impressions at Cambridge and on Cambridge\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e6. Freshman Temptations and Experiences\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e7. The Boat Race [1841]\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e8. A Trinity Supper Party [1840]\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e9. The May Examination [1841]\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e10. The First Long Vacation [1841]\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e11. The Second Year [1841-2]\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e12. Third Year [1842-3]\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e13. Private Tuition\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e14. Long Vacation Amusements [1843]\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e15. A Second Edition of Third Year [1843-4]\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e16. The Scholarship Examination [1844]\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e17. The Reading Party [1844]\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e18. Sawdust Pudding with Ballad Sauce [1844]\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e19. On the Razor's Edge [1844-5]\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e20. How I Came To Take a Degree [1845]\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e21. The Polloi and the Civil Law Classes\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e22. The Classical Tripos [1845]\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e23. A visit to Eton. English Public Schools\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e24. Being Extinguished [1845]\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e25. Reading for a Trinity Fellowship [1845]\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e26. The study of Theology at Cambridge\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e27. Recent Changes at Cambridge\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e28. The Cambridge System of Education in its Intellectual Results\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e29. Physical and Social Habits of Cambridge Men. Their Amusements, \u0026amp;c.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e30. On the State of Morals and Religion in Cambridge\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e31. The Puseyite Disputes in Cambridge, and the Cambridge Camden Society\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e32. Inferiority of our Colleges and Universities in Scholarship\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e33. Supposed Counterbalancing Advantages of American Colleges\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e34. The Advantages of Classical Studies, Particularly in Reference to the Youth of our Country\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e35. What Can and Ought We To Do for our Colleges?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eCharles Astor Bristed 1820-1874: An annotated bibliography\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cem\u003eIndex\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Exeter Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359249924439,"sku":"9780859898249","price":71.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780859898249.jpg?v=1754124108","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/an-american-in-victorian-cambridge-charles-astor-bristeds-five-years-in-an-english-university-9780859898249","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}