| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 369 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) |
| Summary |
A gazetteer listing nearly 2,000 villages, towns, cities, and landscapes in Britain and Ireland detailing their connections with the lives of famous writers. Allows readers to explore places that influenced their favorite British writers, from Jane Austen to Philip Pullman. The entries interweave information with anecdote and quotation, to build a vivid picture of the day-to-day lives of the writers. Intended as a resource and companion for any literary 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 prominent 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 |
| Notes |
Previous ed. issued as: The Oxford illustrated literary guide to Great Britain and Ireland / compiled and edited by Dorothy Eagle and Hilary Carnell. 2nd ed. 1992 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Authors, English -- Homes and haunts -- Great Britain.
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Authors, Irish -- Homes and haunts -- Ireland.
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Literary landmarks -- Great Britain -- Guidebooks.
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Literary landmarks -- Ireland -- Guidebooks.
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- Guidebooks.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100230
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Great Britain -- In literature http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100286 -- Guidebooks.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001297
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Ireland -- Guidebooks.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115502
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Ireland -- In literature http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008104923 -- Guidebooks.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001297
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| Genre/Form |
Guidebooks.
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Guidebooks.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Eagle, Dorothy.
Oxford illustrated literary guide to Great Britain and Ireland.
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Hahn, Daniel.
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Robins, Nicholas.
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| ISBN |
0191727822 (electronic book) |
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0198614608 |
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9780191727825 (electronic book) |
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9780198614609 |
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