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[http://0-www.oxfordreference.com.library.acaweb.org/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t269 '''''The Oxford Guide to Literary Britain & Ireland''''']
2,000 entries
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 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 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
[[Category: Languages and Literature]]
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[http://0-www.oxfordreference.com.library.acaweb.org/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t269 '''''The Oxford Guide to Literary Britain & Ireland''''']
2,000 entries
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 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 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
[[Category: Languages and Literature]]
[[Category: Oxford Reference Premium]]
