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Fictional colleges are perennially popular in modern novels, allowing the author much greater license when describing the more intimate activities of an Oxford college. Such institutions are often home to eccentrics or miscreants, murderers or snobs, and though wistfully romantic in their cloistered courts, host fictional events that could prove libellous were identifiable institutions used. Below is a list of some of the fictional colleges of the University of Oxford. ==His Dark Materials== Philip Pullman's ''His Dark Materials'' novels feature a number of fictional Oxford colleges: *Foxe College - (based on Corpus Christi College); Richard Foxe founder of Corpus Christi College. *Gabriel College - (based on Wadham College) *Jordan College - (loosely based on Exeter College) *St Michael's College - (based on Jesus College) *St Sophia's College - (based on Lady Margaret Hall) *Wykeham College - (based on New College); William of Wykeham founder of New College. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of fictional Oxford colleges」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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