So Spirited a Town: Visions and Versions of Liverpool

by Nicholas Murray

In this highly personal encounter with his native city Nicholas Murray blends literary descriptions of Liverpool across the centuries with his own memories of a 1960s Liverpool childhood to create an original and nuanced portrait of the character of a remarkable city. The result is a rich mosaic built up from a range of literary sources: quirky eighteenth- and nineteenth-century guide books, songs, poems, reminiscences, sermons, novels, letters, histories,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846311284
• ISBN13: 9781846311284
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 9.1"