Student Life in Nineteenth-Century Cambridge: John Wright's Alma Mater

Bys: Stray and Christopher

John's Wright's Alma Mater was the first book-length student memoir to be published in Britain. Yet this trailblazing and revealing work has never been reprinted since its appearance in 1827. Full of fascinating detail about college life, it discusses teaching, examinations and student socialising, including sport, hunting and recourse to prostitutes. A remarkable story of success and failure, it often resembles a picaresque novel: after an eventful...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1804130273
• ISBN13: 9781804130278
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: University of Exeter Press
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"