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The Oxford Guide to Literary Britain and Ireland (Hardcover)

by Daniel Hahn (Editor), Nicholas Robins (Editor)

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Hardcover: 384 pages
Publisher: OUP Oxford; 3 edition (12 Jun 2008)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0198614608
ISBN-13: 978-0198614609
Product Dimensions: 28.2 x 22.4 x 3.8 cm

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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 FM )

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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.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A really interesting reference guide., 27 Jun 2008

By	S. Barnes (UK) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

The new edition of The Oxford Guide to Literary Britain & Ireland is an indispensable travel companion, both for explorers and armchair travellers alike. Nearly 2,000 places - villages, towns, cities, and landscapes - are referred to, inviting readers to explore connections with their favourite writers, from where they were born and lived, to where they worked and found inspiration for their writing. In this new edition you can find living authors, as well as all the classics, so from Chaucer, to Jane Austen, to Philip Pullman, you can take a literary journey through history to the present day.

The book is neatly organised by region, and then indexed by writers and place names so it's quite easy to find what you're looking for. Glancing through the index an entry for Yarnton in Oxfordshire caught my eye, so I looked it up to find that one of A. E. Coppard's poems, `The Sapling' was written to commemorate his gift of an acacia to Agnes Evans of Yarnton, for her new house. You'll find lots of information about the literary greats but it's very refreshing to see mention of much smaller places and lesser-known connections too. For example in the Midlands, find out that Charles Dickens gave readings in Leamington Spa in 1855 and 1862, poet Philip Larkin was born in Radford, Coventry, and Spenser is believed to have written part of his famous The Faerie Queene in a room in Canons Ashby House, Northamptonshire. John Buchan, best known for The Thirty-Nine Steps, lived for some years at the Manor House in Elsfield, Oxfordshire and his grave can be found in the village churchyard. There are so many snippets to choose from, wherever you live or travel to.

The whole book is a pure joy to dip into, browse, and explore from region to region and I can recommend it.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Oxford Guide to Literary Britain and Ireland, 4 Feb 2009

By	Dr, Shibley Rahman (Primrose Hill, London.) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I found this guide a powerful introduction to Britain and Ireland from a literary perspective. Of course, I found myself looking up places that I thought that I was familiar with, only to find that my knowledge was only superficial, at best. This guide is extremely well written, and the layout of the book itself is most attractive. The research is immaculate, and I would be interested even in buying future editions!

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