The Oxford Illustrated Literary Guide to Great Britain and Ireland by Dorothy Eagle

The Oxford Illustrated Literary Guide to Great Britain and Ireland by Dorothy Eagle

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Summary

This revised reference work lists hundreds of places in Great Britain and Ireland and gives details of their connections with the lives of famous writers. A wealth of information and anecdotes are included, as well as illustrations of the writers, their houses or landscapes associated with them.

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The Oxford Illustrated Literary Guide to Great Britain and Ireland by Dorothy Eagle

Complete with over 300 colour and black-and-white illustrations of writers, their homes, and the landscapes that inspired them, this is a new edition of a perennially popular guide to the literary associations of hundreds of places in Britain and Ireland. 105 places have been added to those listed in the acclaimed Oxford Literary Guide, while among the 137 extra authors are Mervyn Peake, Ivor Gurney, Radclyffe Hall, John Betjeman, and Raymond Chandler.
Meic Stephens is a former literature director of the Welsh Arts Council and the founder of Poetry Wales magazine. He is the author, the editor, or the translator of a number of anthologies, including the Oxford Companion to the Literature of Wales and the Writers of Wales series.
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ISBN 13 9780192129888
ISBN 10 0192129880
Title The Oxford Illustrated Literary Guide to Great Britain and Ireland
Author Dorothy Eagle
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Oxford University Press
Year published 1992-06-01
Number of pages 333
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.