The Oxford Guide to Literary Britain and Ireland

Third Edition

Edited by Daniel Hahn and Nicholas Robins

384 pages | Highly illustrated with colour plates, integrated b+w half tones, and illustrated maps | 276x219mm

978-0-19-861460-9 | Hardback | 12 June 2008

Price: £30.00

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Fully revised edition of this classic guide to literary Britain and Ireland, with almost 300 new entries
Explore the homes, haunts, and inspirations of your favourite writers - from Jane Austen to Philip Pullman
A brilliant and meticulous interweaving of information, anecdote, and quotation
An ideal way to plan any kind of literary pilgrimage in Britain or Ireland
Stunningly illustrated throughout with colour and black-and-white photographs and beautifully illustrated maps of major literary centres
New feature entries on authors particularly associated with places, including the Brontes, Walter Scott, and James Joyce by high-profile authors including Margaret Drabble, John Sutherland, and Jenny Uglow
Index of authors includes mini biographies
A fresh and open new design

New to this edition

All entries checked and updated
Entries on new authors such as J. K. Rowling, Philip Pullman, and Monica Ali added
Entries arranged by region for ease of reference
New illustrated city maps of major literary centres including London, Oxford, Bath, and Dublin
New feature entries on authors particularly associated with places, including the Brontes, Walter Scott, and James Joyce by high-profile authors including Margaret Drabble, John Sutherland, and Jenny Uglow
New clear and attractive design
Newly selected colour illustrations, and many new black-and-white illustrations

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.

Readership: England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland; tourists and travellers; university and public libraries

The Oxford Guide to Literary Britain and Ireland

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