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Oxford in literature and other media
Oxford University is the setting for numerous works of fiction. Quickly becoming part of the cultural imagination, Oxford was mentioned in fiction as early as 1400 when Chaucer in his Canterbury Tales referred to a "Clerk [student] of Oxenford": "For him was levere have at his beddes heed/ Twenty bookes, clad in blak or reed,/ of Aristotle and his philosophie/ Than robes riche, or fithele, or gay sautrie". As of 1989, more than 533 Oxford-based novels had been identified, and the number continues to rise. Literary works include:


 * Gaudy Night, a Lord Peter Wimsey mystery by Dorothy L. Sayers (who was herself a graduate of Somerville).
 * Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh.
 * A Staircase in Surrey, a quintet of novels by J. I. M. Stewart.
 * A series of whodunnits by Veronica Stallwood, including Oxford Blue, Oxford Exit, etc.
 * The His Dark Materials trilogy of Philip Pullman (alternative reality)
 * The Inspector Morse series by Colin Dexter is set in Oxford and frequently refers to the University (although most of the college names are fictional).
 * An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears
 * Where the Rivers Meet, a trilogy of novels by John Wain
 * Tom Brown at Oxford, by Thomas Hughes
 * Zuleika Dobson, by Max Beerbohm
 * Jill, by Philip Larkin
 * Doomsday Book, To Say Nothing of the Dog, and the short story Firewatch, by Connie Willis
 * Accident, by Nicholas Mosley; the novel served as the basis for the film of the same name, which is mentioned below

Fictional universities based on Oxford include Terry Pratchett's Unseen University, J.K.Rowling's "Hogwarts" and "Christminster" in Thomas Hardy's Jude the Obscure.

For a list of fictional colleges of Oxford University, see fictional Oxford colleges.

Many poets have also been inspired by the University:


 * The Oxford Sausage was an anthology published in 1764 and edited by Thomas Warton. The Glamour of Oxford (1911) is a collection of verse and prose edited by William Angus Knight, and another anthology — Seccombe and Scott's In Praise of Oxford (1912) — spans two volumes. More recent compilations include Oxford and Oxfordshire in Verse (1983) and Oxford in Verse (1999) (see 'Further Reading').
 * 'Duns Scotus' Oxford' is one of Gerard Manley Hopkins' better-known poems.

Films set in the University include:


 * A Yank at Oxford (1938), starring Robert Taylor and Vivien Leigh
 * A Chump at Oxford (1940) starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy
 * Accident (movie) (1967), film about an Oxford don, co-written by Harold Pinter
 * May Morning (1970), a critique of social mores in early 1970s Oxford
 * Incense for the Damned (1972), starring Peter Cushing, Patrick Macnee and Edward Woodward (based on the novel Doctors Wear Scarlet by Simon Raven)
 * Brideshead Revisited (1981), based on Waugh's novel; a mini-series enormously popular in Britain and America, the film has sometimes been seen as drawing unwanted attention to Oxford's stereotypical reputation as a playground of the upper classes. It stars Jeremy Irons, and most college shots are of Christ Church and Hertford.
 * Oxford Blues (1984), starring Rob Lowe, Ally Sheedy and Amanda Pays
 * American Friends (1991), starring Michael Palin
 * Shadowlands (1993), starring Anthony Hopkins and Debra Winger, about the life of C. S. Lewis
 * The Madness of King George (1994), with Nigel Hawthorne
 * Tom & Viv (1994), a film which explores the troubled relationship between T. S. Eliot (played by Willem Dafoe) and his mentally ill wife Vivienne Haigh-Wood (Miranda Richardson)
 * True Blue (1996), about the mutiny at the time of the Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race of 1987
 * Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), a James Bond sequel starring Pierce Brosnan (Bond returns to Oxford to brush up on his Danish.)
 * The Saint (1997), film starring Val Kilmer as the sleuth Simon Templar
 * Wilde (1997), film about the outlandish playwright starring Stephen Fry, Jude Law and Vanessa Redgrave
 * The Red Violin (1998), the violin arrives in Oxford after being given to an English lord
 * Iris (2001), starring Judi Dench, Jim Broadbent and Kate Winslet, about the life of Iris Murdoch
 * National Lampoon's Van Wilder 2: Rise of Taj (2006), under the name of "Camford"
 * What A Girl Wants (2003), movie about a vivacious teenager called Daphne who goes to visit her father in London, only to learn he is a lord. In the end she attends The University of Oxford just like her father.
 * The Oxford Murders (film) (2007) starring Elijah Wood and John Hurt.
 * Blue Blood (film) (2007)

This list does not include movies in which university buildings appeared as a backdrop but were not depicted as Oxford University, such as the Harry Potter movies and the earlier Young Sherlock Holmes.

Books associated with Oxford (seperate article)

 * Book series
 * Oxford World's Classics
 * Inspector Morse (Colin Dexter) — also a television series
 * Kate Ivory (Veronica Stallwood)
 * A Staircase in Surrey (J. I. M. Stewart, five novel series: 1974–78)

The following are some selected individual books, many by Oxford University alumni:


 * Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years (Sue Townsend, 1993)
 * The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green (Cuthbert M. Bede, in three parts: 1850s)
 * Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll, 1865)
 * Another Kind of Cinderella (Angela Huth, 2002)
 * Bleak Midwinter (Peter Millar, 2002)
 * The Book and the Brotherhood (Iris Murdoch, 1983)
 * Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh, 1945)
 * Dancing to the Pipers (Kate Fenton, 1993)
 * Death at the President's Lodgings (Michael Innes, 1936)
 * Dangerous Games (Jodie Sinclair, 1997)
 * Death of a Don (Howard Shaw)
 * The Devil's Hunt (Paul Doherty)
 * Dirty Tricks (Michael Dibdin, 1991)
 * Doomsday Book (Connie Willis, 1992)
 * The Game (A. S. Byatt, 1967)
 * Gaudy Night (Dorothy L. Sayers, 1935)
 * The Greatest Sorrow (Keith Ovenden, 1998)
 * His Dark Materials (Philip Pullman, trilogy: 1995, 1997, 2000)
 * The Hobbit (J. R. R. Tolkien, 1937) — written at 20 Northmoor Road, North Oxford
 * The House in Norham Gardens (Penelope Lively, 2004) — set in Norham Gardens, North Oxford
 * An Instance of the Fingerpost (Iain Pears, 1997)
 * Jill (Philip Larkin, 1946)
 * Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy, 1895) — Oxford is called "Christminster"
 * Juggling (Barbara Trapido, 1994)
 * The Lord of the Rings (J. R. R. Tolkien, three volumes: 1954–55) — mostly written at 20 Northmoor Road; see also film trilogy
 * Lyra's Oxford (Philip Pullman, 2003)
 * The Men and the Girls (Joanna Trollope, 1992)
 * Oxford Exit, Oxford Shadows, etc. (Veronica Stallwood)
 * The Oxford Murders (Guillermo Martínez, 2003) — to appear as a film
 * An Oxford University Chest (John Betjeman, 1938)
 * The Poison Tree (Tony Strong)
 * A Storm in Oxford (E. Tangye Lean, 1932)
 * Three Men in a Boat (Jerome K. Jerome, 1889) — a journey from Kingston to Oxford on the River Thames
 * Through the Looking Glass (Lewis Carroll, 1871)
 * Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (John le Carré, 1974)
 * Tom Brown at Oxford (Thomas Hughes, 1861)
 * To Say Nothing of the Dog (Connie Willis, 1997)
 * Towers in the Mist (Elizabeth Goudge, 1938)
 * The Travelling Hornplayer (Barbara Trapido, 1998)
 * Where the Rivers Meet (John Wain, 1988)
 * The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame, 1908) — Grahame is buried in Holywell Cemetery, Oxford
 * A Young Oxford Maid (Sarah Tytler)
 * Zuleika Dobson (Max Beerbohm, 1911)

Part One. Matter and Energy

 * Division I. Atoms: Atomic Nuclei, Elementary Particles
 *  111. The Structure and Properties of Atoms
 *  112. The Atomic Nucleus and Elementary Particles


 * Division II. Energy, Radiation, and the States and Transformations of Matter
 *  121. Chemical Elements: Periodic Variation in Their Properties
 *  122. Chemical Compounds: Molecular Structure and Chemical Bonding
 *  123. Chemical Reactions
 *  124. Heat, Thermodynamics, and the Nonsolid States of Matter
 *  125. The Solid State of Matter
 *  126. Mechanics of Particles, Rigid Bodies, and Deformable Bodies: Elasticity, Vibrations, and Flow
 *  127. Electricity and Magnetism
 *  128. Waves and Wave Motion


 * Division III. The Universe: Galaxies, Stars, the Solar System
 *  131. The Cosmos
 *  132. Galaxies and Stars
 *  133. The Solar System

Part Two. The Earth

 * Division I. The Earth's Properties, Structure, and Composition
 *  211. The Planet Earth
 *  212. The Earth's Physical Properties
 *  213. The Structure and Composition of the Earth's Interior
 * <span id="OoK_214"> 214. The Earth's Constituent Minerals and Rocks


 * Division II. The Earth's Envelope: Its Atmosphere and Hydrosphere
 * <span id="OoK_221"> 221. The Atmosphere
 * <span id="OoK_222"> 222. The Hydrosphere: the Oceans, Freshwater Bodies, and Ice Masses
 * <span id="OoK_223"> 223. Weather and Climate


 * Division III. The Earth's Surface Features
 * <span id="OoK_231"> 231. Physical features of the Earth's Surface
 * <span id="OoK_232"> 232. Features Produced by Geomorphic Processes Acting on the Earth's Surface


 * Division IV. The Earth's History
 * <span id="OoK_241"> 241. origin and Development of the Earth and Its Envelopes
 * <span id="OoK_242"> 242. The Interpretation of the Geologic Record
 * <span id="OoK_243"> 243. The Eras and Periods of Geologic Time

Part Three. Life on Earth

 * Division I. The Nature and Diversity of Living Things
 * <span id="OoK_311"> 311. Characteristics of Living Things
 * <span id="OoK_312"> 312. The Origin of Life and the Evolution of Living Things
 * <span id="OoK_313"> 313. The Classification of Living Things


 * Division II. The Molecular Basis of Vital Processes
 * <span id="OoK_321"> 321. Chemicals and the Vital Processes
 * <span id="OoK_322"> 322. Metabolism: Bioenergetics and Biosynthesis
 * <span id="OoK_323"> 323. Vital Processes at the Molecular Level


 * Division III. The Structures and Functions of Organisms
 * <span id="OoK_331"> 331. The Cellular Basis of Form and Function
 * <span id="OoK_332"> 332. The Relation of Form and Function in Organisms
 * <span id="OoK_333"> 333. Coordination of Vital Processes: Regulation and Integration
 * <span id="OoK_334"> 334. Covering and Support: Integumentary, Skeletal, and Musculatory Systems
 * <span id="OoK_335"> 335. Nutrition: the Procurement and Processing of Nutrients
 * <span id="OoK_336"> 336. Gas exchange, Internal Transport, and Elimination
 * <span id="OoK_337"> 337. Reproduction and Sex
 * <span id="OoK_338"> 338. Development: Growth, Differentiation, and Morphogenesis
 * <span id="OoK_339"> 339. Heredity: the Transmission of Traits


 * Division IV. Behavioral Responses of Organisms
 * <span id="OoK_341"> 341. Nature and Pattern of Behavioral Responses
 * <span id="OoK_342"> 342. Development and Range of Behavioral Capacities: Individual and Group Behaviour


 * Division V. The Biosphere:the World of Living Things
 * <span id="OoK_351"> 351. Basic Features of the Biosphere
 * <span id="OoK_352"> 352. Biological Populations and Communities
 * <span id="OoK_353"> 353. Hazards of Life in the Biosphere: Disease and Death
 * <span id="OoK_354"> 354. Biogeographic Distribution of Organisms: Ecosystems
 * <span id="OoK_355"> 355. The Place of Humans in the Biosphere

Part Four. Human Life

 * Division I. Stages in the Development of Human Life on Earth
 * <span id="OoK_411"> 411. Human Evolution
 * <span id="OoK_412"> 412. Human Heredity: the Races of Mankind


 * Division II. The Human Organism: Health and Disease
 * <span id="OoK_421"> 421. The Structures and Functions of the Human Body
 * <span id="OoK_422"> 422. Human Health
 * <span id="OoK_423"> 423. Human Diseases
 * <span id="OoK_424"> 424. The Practice of Medicine and the Care of Health


 * Division III. Human Behaviour and Experience
 * <span id="OoK_431"> 431. Human Nature and Experience: General Considerations
 * <span id="OoK_432"> 432. Influence of the Current Environment on a Person's Behaviour and Conscious Experience: Attention, Sensation, and Perception
 * <span id="OoK_433"> 433. Current Internal States Affecting a Person's Behaviour and Conscious Experience
 * <span id="OoK_434"> 434. Persisting Capacities and Inclinations That Influence Human Behaviour and Conscious Experience
 * <span id="OoK_435"> 435. Development of a Person's Potentials: Learning and Thinking
 * <span id="OoK_436"> 436. Personality and the Self: Integration and Disintegration of the Person as a Whole

Part Five. Human Society

 * Division I. Social Groups: Peoples and Cultures
 * <span id="OoK_511"> 511. Peoples and Cultures of the World
 * <span id="OoK_512"> 512. The Development of Human Culture
 * <span id="OoK_513"> 513. Major Cultural Components and Institutions of Human Societies
 * <span id="OoK_514"> 514. Language and Communication


 * Division II. Social Organization and Social Change
 * <span id="OoK_521"> 521. Social Structure and Change
 * <span id="OoK_532"> 522. The Group Structure of Society
 * <span id="OoK_523"> 523. Social Status
 * <span id="OoK_524"> 524. Human Populations: Urban and Rural Communities


 * Division III. The Production, Distirbution, and Utilization of Wealth
 * <span id="OoK_531"> 531. Economic Concepts, Issues, and Systems
 * <span id="OoK_532"> 532. The Consumer and the Market: Pricing and the Mechanims for Distributing Goods
 * <span id="OoK_533"> 533. The Organization of Production and Distribution
 * <span id="OoK_534"> 534. The Distribution of Income and Wealth
 * <span id="OoK_535"> 535. Macroeconomics
 * <span id="OoK_536"> 536. Economic Growth and Planning


 * Division IV. Politics and Government
 * <span id="OoK_541"> 541. Political theory
 * <span id="OoK_542"> 542. Political Institutions: the Structure, Branches, and Offices of Government
 * <span id="OoK_543"> 543. The Functioning of Government: the Dynamics of the Political Process
 * <span id="OoK_544"> 544. International Relations: Peace and War


 * Division V. Law
 * <span id="OoK_551"> 551. Philosophies and Systems of Law; the Practice of Law
 * <span id="OoK_552"> 552. Branches of Public Law, Substantive and Procedural
 * <span id="OoK_553"> 553. Branches of Private Law, Substantive and Procedural


 * Division VI. Education
 * <span id="OoK_561"> 561. The Aims and Organization of Education
 * <span id="OoK_562"> 562. Education Around the World

Part Six. Art

 * Division I. Art in General
 * <span id="OoK_611"> 611. Theory and Classification of the Arts
 * <span id="OoK_612"> 612. Experience and criticism of Works of Art; the Nonaesthetic Context of Art
 * <span id="OoK_613"> 613. Characteristics of the Arts in Particular Cultures


 * Division II. The Particular Arts
 * <span id="OoK_621"> 621. Literature
 * <span id="OoK_622"> 622. Theatre
 * <span id="OoK_623"> 623. Motion Pictures
 * <span id="OoK_624"> 624. Music
 * <span id="OoK_625"> 625. Dance
 * <span id="OoK_626"> 626. Architecture, Garden and Landscape Design, and Urban Design
 * <span id="OoK_627"> 627. Sculpture
 * <span id="OoK_628"> 628. Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, and Photography
 * <span id="OoK_629"> 629. Arts of Decoration and Functional Design

Part Seven. Technology

 * Division I. The Nature and Development of Technology
 * <span id="OoK_711"> 711. Technology: Its Scope and History
 * <span id="OoK_712"> 712. The Organization of Human Work


 * Division II. Elements of Technology
 * <span id="OoK_721"> 721. Technology of Energy Conversion and Utilization
 * <span id="OoK_722"> 722. Technology of Tools and Machines
 * <span id="OoK_723"> 723. Technology of Measurement, Observation, and Control
 * <span id="OoK_724"> 724. Extraction and Conversion of Industrial Raw Materials
 * <span id="OoK_725"> 725. Technology of Industrial Production Processes


 * Division III. Major Fields of Technology
 * <span id="OoK_731"> 731. Agriculture and Food Production
 * <span id="OoK_732"> 732. Technology of the Major Industries
 * <span id="OoK_733"> 733. Construction Technology
 * <span id="OoK_734"> 734. Transportation Technology
 * <span id="OoK_735"> 735. Technology of Information processing and of Communications Systems
 * <span id="OoK_736"> 736. Military Technology
 * <span id="OoK_737"> 737. Technology of the Urban Community
 * <span id="OoK_738"> 738. Technology of Earth and Space Exploration

Part Eight. Religion

 * Division I. Religion in General
 * <span id="OoK_811"> 811. Knowledge and Understanding of Religion
 * <span id="OoK_812"> 812. The Religious Life: Institutions and Practices


 * Division II. The Particular Religions
 * <span id="OoK_821"> 821. Prehistoric Religion and Primitive Religion
 * <span id="OoK_822"> 822. Religions of Ancient Peoples
 * <span id="OoK_823"> 823. Hinduism and Other Religions of India
 * <span id="OoK_824"> 824. Buddhism
 * <span id="OoK_825"> 825. Indigenous Religions of East Asia: Religions of China, Korea, and Japan
 * <span id="OoK_826"> 826. Judaism
 * <span id="OoK_827"> 827. Christianity
 * <span id="OoK_828"> 828. Islām
 * <span id="OoK_829"> 829. Other Religions and Religious Movements in the Modern World

Part Nine. The History of Mankind

 * Division I. Peoples and Civilizations of Ancient Southwest Asia, North Africa, and Europe
 * <span id="OoK_911"> 911. Early peoples and Civilizations of Southwest Asia and Egypt, the Aegean, and North Africa
 * <span id="OoK_912"> 912. Peoples of Ancient Europe and the Classical Civilizations of the Ancient Mediterranean World to AD 395


 * Division II. Peoples and Civilizations of Medieval Europe, North Africa, and Southwest Asia
 * <span id="OoK_921"> 921. Western Europe, the Byzantine (Eastern Roman) Empire, and Eastern Europe from AD 395 to c. 1050
 * <span id="OoK_922"> 922. The Formative Period in Islāmic History, from AD 622 to c. 1055
 * <span id="OoK_923"> 923. Western Christendom in the High and Later Middle Ages (c. 1050 - c. 1500)
 * <span id="OoK_924"> 924. The Crusading Movement, the Islāmic States of Southwest Asia, North Africa, and Europe, and the States of Eastern Christendom from c. 1050 to c. 1480
 * Division III. Peoples and Traditional Civilizations of East, Central, South, and Southeast Asia
 * <span id="OoK_931"> 931. China to the Beginning of the Late T'ang (AD 755)
 * <span id="OoK_932"> 932. China from the Late T'ang (AD 755) to the Late Ch'ing (c. 1839)
 * <span id="OoK_933"> 933. Inner (Central and Northeast) Asia to c. 1750
 * <span id="OoK_934"> 934. Japan to the Meiji restoration (1868), and Korea to 1910
 * <span id="OoK_935"> 935. The Indian Subcontinent and Ceylon to c. AD 1200
 * <span id="OoK_936"> 936. The Indian Subcontinent from c. 1200 to 1761, and Ceylon from c. 1200 to 1505
 * <span id="OoK_937"> 937. The Peoples and Civilizations of Southeast Asia to c. 1600


 * Division IV. Peoples and Civilizations of Sub-Saharan Africa to 1885
 * <span id="OoK_941"> 941. West Africa to c. 1885
 * <span id="OoK_942"> 942. The Nilotic Sudan and Ethiopia from c. AD 550 to 1885
 * <span id="OoK_943"> 943. East Africa and Madagascar to c. 1885
 * <span id="OoK_944"> 944. Central Africa to c. 1885
 * <span id="OoK_945"> 945. Southern Africa to c. 1885


 * Division V. Peoples and Civilizations of Pre-Columbian America
 * <span id="OoK_951"> 951. Andean Civilization to c. AD 1540
 * <span id="OoK_952"> 952. Meso-American Civilization to c. AD 1540
 * Division VI. The Modern World to 1920
 * <span id="OoK_9601"> 961. Western Europe from c. 1500 to c. 1789
 * <span id="OoK_9602"> 962. Eastern Europe, Southwest Asia, and North Africa from c. 1480 to c. 1800
 * <span id="OoK_9603"> 963. Europe from 1789 to c. 1920
 * <span id="OoK_9604"> 964. European Colonies in the Americas from 1492 to c. 1790
 * <span id="OoK_9605"> 965. Development of the United States and Canada from 1763 to 1920
 * <span id="OoK_9606"> 966. Development of the Latin-American and Caribbean Nations to c. 1920
 * <span id="OoK_9607"> 967. Australia and Oceania to c. 1920
 * <span id="OoK_9608"> 968. South Asia Under the Influence of European Imperialism from c. 1500 to c. 1920
 * <span id="OoK_9609"> 969. Southeast Asia Under the Influence of European Imperialism to c. 1920
 * <span id="OoK_9610"> 96/10. China from 1839 Until the Onset of Revolution (to c. 1911), and Japan from the Meiji restoration to c. 1910
 * <span id="OoK_9611"> 96/11. Southwest Asia and North Africa (c. 1800-1920), and Sub-Saharan Africa (1885-c. 1920) Under the Influence of European Imperialism: the Early Colonial Period


 * Division VII. The World since 1920
 * <span id="OoK_971"> 971. International Movements, Diplomacy, and War Since 1920
 * <span id="OoK_972"> 972. Europe Since c. 1920
 * <span id="OoK_973"> 973. The United States and Canada Since 1920
 * <span id="OoK_974"> 974. Latin-America and Caribbean Nations Since c. 1920
 * <span id="OoK_975"> 975. East Asia: China in Revolution, the Era of Japanese Hegemony, and the Influence of the United States in the 20th Century
 * <span id="OoK_976"> 976. South and Southeast Asia: the Late Colonial Period and the Emergence of New Nations Since 1920
 * <span id="OoK_977"> 977. Australia and Oceania Since 1920
 * <span id="OoK_978"> 978. Southwest Asia and Africa: the Late Colonial Period and the Emergence of New Nations in the 20th Century

Part Ten. The Branches of Knowledge

 * Division I. Logic
 * <span id="OoK_1011"> 10/11. History and Philosophy of Logic
 * <span id="OoK_1012"> 10/12. Formal Logic, Metalogic, and Applied Logic


 * Division II. Mathematics
 * <span id="OoK_1021"> 10/21. History and Foundations of Mathematics
 * <span id="OoK_1022"> 10/22. Branches of Mathematics
 * <span id="OoK_1023"> 10/23. Applications of Mathematics


 * Division III. Science
 * <span id="OoK_1031"> 10/31. History and Philosophy of Science
 * <span id="OoK_1032"> 10/32. The Physical Sciences
 * <span id="OoK_1033"> 10/33. The Earth Sciences
 * <span id="OoK_1034"> 10/34. The Biological Sciences
 * <span id="OoK_1035"> 10/35. Medicine and Affiliated Disciplines
 * <span id="OoK_1036"> 10/36. The Social Sciences and Psychology and Linguistics
 * <span id="OoK_1037"> 10/37. The Technological Sciences


 * Division IV. History and the Humanities
 * <span id="OoK_1041"> 10/41. Historiography and the Study of History
 * <span id="OoK_1042"> 10/42. The Humanities and Humanistic Scholarship


 * Division V. Philosophy
 * <span id="OoK_1051"> 10/51. History of Philosophy
 * <span id="OoK_1052"> 10/52. The Nature and Divisions of Philosophy
 * <span id="OoK_1053"> 10/53. Philosophical Schools and Doctrines


 * Division VI. Preservation of Knowledge
 * <span id="OoK_1061"> 10/61. Institutions and Techniques for the Collection, Storage, Dissemination, and Preservation of Knowledge