British Author House Museums and Other Memorials: A Guide to Sites in England, Ireland, Scotland and WalesMcFarland, Incorporated, Publishers, 2002 - 386 pagina's The most celebrated authors of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales are immortalized not only in their writing but also in the museums, libraries, and other memorials dedicated in their honor. Over 300 sites devoted to 40 authors are covered in this guide. The sites range from restored historic homes to memorial statues. Each entry describes the site and its history, placing it within the context of the author's life and career. Directions are provided to help the reader reach each site; telephone numbers, admission prices, and hours are also included for the traveler's convenience. The text is illustrated with photographs from these historic and literary homes, libraries, and other important memorial locations. Postage stamps commemorating the writers are also included. |
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... commemorated at both their birthplace and the house where they died . Burns and Dickens are both memorialized at four houses where they once lived , and Wordsworth at three of his former homes . Robert Louis Stevenson's boyhood home is ...
... commemorated together in Westminster Abbey's Poets ' Corner . When novelist Virginia Woolf visited Keats House in the 1930s , she announced , " Only one presence - that of Keats himself— dwells here . " The Keats that she perceived in ...
... commemorated Shaw with its 1980 Europa Issue . Two other nations , Russia and Rumania , issued Shaw com- memorative stamps on July 26 , 1956 , the centenary of his birth . The world continues to take note of the youngest child born to ...
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Preface | 3 |
Jane Austen Hampshire and Somerset England | 7 |
Sir James Barrie Kirriemuir Scotland and London England | 25 |
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