Bibliography of Regional Fiction in Britain and Ireland 1800–2000

Pioneering and interdisciplinary in nature this bibliography constitutes a comprehensive list of regional fiction for every county of Ireland Scotland Wales and England over the past two centuries. In addition other regions of a usually topographical or urban nature have been used such as Birmingham and the Black Country; London; The Fens; the Brecklands; the Highlands; the Hebrides; or the Welsh border. Each entry lists the author title and date of first publication. The geographical coverage is encompassing and complete from the Channel Islands to the Shetlands. An original introduction discusses such matters as definition bibliographical method popular readerships trends in output and the scholarly literature on regional fiction.