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University of Oxford in popular culture : ウィキペディア英語版 | University of Oxford in popular culture The University of Oxford 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 () 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". By 1989, 533 Oxford-based novels had been identified, and the number continues to rise.〔''Oxford in Fiction: an annotated bibliography'', Judy G. Batson〕 ==In literature== (詳細はGaudy Night'', a Lord Peter Wimsey mystery by Dorothy L. Sayers (who was herself a graduate of Somerville). *''Brideshead Revisited'' by Evelyn Waugh is set in Oxford, where main characters read history at Hertford College and Christ Church respectively. *''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 Reluctant Cannibals'' by Ian Flitcroft *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 *''Loss and Gain'', by John Henry Newman *The Bone Season series by Samantha Shannon takes place in a dystopian, ruined Oxford. The names of the colleges are used as house names. *''Tom Brown at Oxford'', by Thomas Hughes *''Zuleika Dobson'', by Max Beerbohm *''Jill'', by Philip Larkin *''Doomsday Book'', ''To Say Nothing of the Dog'', ''Blackout/All Clear'', and the short story ''Fire Watch'', by Connie Willis *''Accident'', by Nicholas Mosley; the novel served as the basis for the film of the same name, which is mentioned below *''The Soulbane Stratagem'', by Norman Jetmundsen; set at Magdalen College in Oxford *''The Children of Men'', by P. D. James, has a protagonist, Dr. Theo Faron, who is an Oxford don and much of the first half of the novel is set in Oxford, frequently describing the surroundings of the University and town. *''The Great Gatsby'', by F. Scott Fitzgerald; refers to Trinity Quad at Trinity College and Merton College Library at Merton College *''Not a penny more not a penny less'', by Jeffrey Archer; An important part of the novel is set at Oxford on the day of ''Encaenia''. Fictional universities based on Oxford include Terry Pratchett's Unseen University and "Christminster" in Thomas Hardy's ''Jude the Obscure''. For a list of fictional colleges of the University of Oxford, see List of fictional Oxford colleges.
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