
The Oxford Guide to Literary Britain and Ireland
Daniel Hahn(Author)
Oxford University Press
3rd Edition
Published on 1. September 2008
Book
Hardback
384 pages
978-0-19-861460-9 (ISBN)
Description
First published in 1977, this classic reference work is a gazetteer of almost 2,000 places - villages, towns, cities, and landscapes - in Britain and Ireland detailing their connections with the lives of famous writers. It invites the reader to explore the places where their favourite writers - from Jane Austen to Philip Pullman - were born, lived, were educated, worked, and drew inspiration. The entries elegantly interweave information with anecdote and quotation, to build a vivid picture of the day-to-day lives of the writers. The Guide is the ideal resource and companion for any literay pilgrimage in Britain or Ireland, and for the armchair literary traveller. New to this edition are special feature entries on writers particularly associated with places, including the Brontes, Walter Scott, and James Joyce, contributed by high-profile authors including Margaret Drabble and John Sutherland. The Guide also provides an index of author names, with mini biographies, enabling the reader to track down all the places associated with their favourite writers.
It is stunningly illustrated throughout, with colour plates, contemporary black-and white photographs, and beautifully illustrated maps of major literary cities such as Bath, Edinburgh, Dublin, and London, and boasts a fresh new design.
It is stunningly illustrated throughout, with colour plates, contemporary black-and white photographs, and beautifully illustrated maps of major literary cities such as Bath, Edinburgh, Dublin, and London, and boasts a fresh new design.
Reviews / Votes
The Guide's aim (so wonderfully achieved) is to amuse and inform. Toby Barnard, TLS Beautiful, browsable book. Boyd Tonkin, The Independent Pretty much perfect Classic FMMore details
Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
Highly illustrated with colour plates, integrated b+w half tones, and illustrated maps
Dimensions
Height: 285 mm
Width: 229 mm
Thickness: 36 mm
Weight
2068 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-861460-9 (9780198614609)
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Nicholas Robins is Head of Periodicals at Shakespeare's Globe, a role that includes editing Around the Globe, a membership magazine dedicated to all aspects of Shakespeare and the theatre of his time, and the Globe theatre programmes. He has written for the London Magazine and is a regular contributor to the TLS. His literary guide book Walking Shakespeare's London was published by New Holland in 2004.