Oxford In The Vacation Flashcards
(12 cards)
Theme of Oxford in the vacation?
Lambs visit to oxford during vacation time.
How did lamb pose in the deserted place? Oxford in the vacation
- As a poor student getting the benefit of scholarship
- Sometimes like a rich student.
- Occasionally as a professor
Why does oxford appear like a sacred place?
Because it is the oldest university in England
How does lamb describe men?
As half januses because they always look only in one direction. - admiring what is dead and ignoring what is alive.
What we have declared from the rooftops
That old is gold
What is the reference of half januses
The Roman god janus has 2 faces. Bothe before and behind. But men have only one face. So they are half januses. They only look at the past instead of future.
What does lamb like the most at Oxford?
Old libraries. He feels like he was inhaling learning.
Who does lamb meet in the library at oriel college?
George dyer
Lamb compares George dyer to what?
Busy as a moth over some old manuscript. He himself looks like an old book - badly in need of a new cover.
What was dyer doing in the library
Was digging up the past of 2 universities
The founding of the university of Cambridge.
What is the reference to dyer’s absent mindedness.
Dyer calls his friend Basil montagus house and learns that the family returns only after 2 weeks.
Dyer - visiters book.
A few hours later he revisited the friends house and found his name in the visiters book.
Absent mindedness
What according to lamb is the reason for dyer’s absent mindedness
1 his mind is with God
2. Contemplating on some plans for the benefit of his country.
