Title:
The Oxford guide to literary Britain & Ireland.
Author:
Hahn, Daniel.
ISBN:
9780198614609
Edition:
3rd ed. / edited by Daniel Hahn and Nicholas Robins.
Publication Information:
Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Physical Description:
xi, 369 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 29 cm.
General Note:
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.
Contents:
South-west England -- Channel Islands -- Cornwall -- Devon -- Dorset -- Gloucestershire -- Somerset -- Wiltshire -- South-east England -- Berkshire -- Buckinghamshire -- East Sussex -- Hampshire -- Isle of Wight -- Kent -- Oxfordshire -- Surrey -- West Sussex -- London -- Greater London -- East of England -- Bedfordshire -- Cambridgeshire -- Essex -- Hertfordshire -- Norfolk -- Suffolk -- Midlands -- East Midlands -- Derbyshire -- Leicestershire -- Lincolnshire -- Northamptonshire -- Nottinghamshire -- Rutland -- West Midlands -- Herefordshire -- Shropshire -- Staffordshire -- Warwickshire -- West Midlands -- Worcestershire -- North of England -- North-west -- Cheshire -- Cumbria -- Greater Manchester -- Isle of Man -- Lancashire -- Merseyside -- Yorkshire -- East Riding of Yorkshire -- North Yorkshire -- South Yorkshire -- West Yorkshire -- North-east -- Co. Durham -- Northumberland -- Tyne and Wear -- Wales -- Anglesey -- Cardiganshire -- Carmarthenshire -- Conwy -- Denbighshire -- Flintshire -- Glamorgan -- Gwynedd -- Monmouthshire -- Pembrokeshire -- Powys -- Wrexham -- Scotland -- Aberdeenshire -- Angus -- Argyll and Bute -- Ayrshire -- Borders -- Dumfries and Galloway -- Dunbartonshire -- Fife -- Highland -- Lanarkshire -- Lothian -- Moray -- Orkney -- Perth and Kinross -- Renfrewshire -- Shetland -- Stirlingshire -- Ireland -- Ulster (including Northern Ireland) -- Antrim -- Armagh -- Cavan -- Donegal -- Down -- Fermanagh -- Londonderry -- Monaghan -- Tyrone -- Connaght -- Galway -- Leitrim -- Mayo -- Roscommon -- Sligo -- Leinster -- Carlow -- Dublin -- Kildare -- Kilkenny -- Longford -- Meath -- Offaly -- Westmeath -- Wexford -- Wicklow -- Munster -- Clare -- Cork -- Kerry -- Limerick -- Tipperary -- Waterford.
Abstract:
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.
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