The Oxford Guide to Literary Britain and Ireland by Daniel Hahn

The Oxford Guide to Literary Britain and Ireland by Daniel Hahn

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.

The Guide's aim (so wonderfully achieved) is to amuse and informToby Barnard, TLS Beautiful, browsable book. Boyd Tonkin, The Independent Pretty much perfect Classic FM

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.

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ISBN 13	9780198614609
ISBN 10	0198614608
Title	The Oxford Guide to Literary Britain and Ireland
Author	Daniel Hahn
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Year published	2008-09-01
Number of pages	384
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