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- catalog abstract "Edinburgh is one of the most beautiful of the world's cities, a place of splendor whose craggy skyline brings together two entirely different worlds. To the south of its main thoroughfare, Princes Street, the Castle with the towering medieval tenements and spires of the old town within its protection; to the north, the cool elegance of Georgian architecture blessed by the Smile of Reason: it is a city of bewildering contrasts. It was with good reason that Edinburgh's writers proclaimed their native city with wit and gusto. Robert Burns addressed it heroically as "Scotia's Darling Seat," Sir Walter Scott, with his eye fixed firmly on the glorious past, held it for ever as his "own romantic town" and Robert Louis Stevenson, his mind sharpened by the pain of exile, called it, aptly enough, his "precipitous city."--Jacket flap.".
- catalog contributor b1446717.
- catalog coverage "Edinburgh (Scotland) In literature.".
- catalog coverage "Edinburgh (Scotland) Intellectual life.".
- catalog created "1980.".
- catalog date "1980".
- catalog date "1980.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1980.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. 199-200.".
- catalog description "Edinburgh is one of the most beautiful of the world's cities, a place of splendor whose craggy skyline brings together two entirely different worlds. To the south of its main thoroughfare, Princes Street, the Castle with the towering medieval tenements and spires of the old town within its protection; to the north, the cool elegance of Georgian architecture blessed by the Smile of Reason: it is a city of bewildering contrasts. It was with good reason that Edinburgh's writers proclaimed their native city with wit and gusto. Robert Burns addressed it heroically as "Scotia's Darling Seat," Sir Walter Scott, with his eye fixed firmly on the glorious past, held it for ever as his "own romantic town" and Robert Louis Stevenson, his mind sharpened by the pain of exile, called it, aptly enough, his "precipitous city."--Jacket flap.".
- catalog description "Introduction -- The golden age of Scots poetry -- Reformation -- The Castalian Band -- Dark Ages -- The Union and after -- The eighteenth century Enlightenment -- The Edinburgh of Sir Walter Scott -- The Victorian Age -- Modern times.".
- catalog extent "210 p., [4] leaves of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "Precipitous city.".
- catalog identifier "0800865022 (Taplinger)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Precipitous city.".
- catalog issued "1980".
- catalog issued "1980.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Edinburgh : Mainstream Pub. ; New York : Taplinger Pub.,".
- catalog relation "Precipitous city.".
- catalog spatial "Edinburgh (Scotland) In literature.".
- catalog spatial "Edinburgh (Scotland) Intellectual life.".
- catalog spatial "Scotland Edinburgh.".
- catalog subject "Authors, Scottish Biography.".
- catalog subject "Edinburgh (Scotland) in literature.".
- catalog subject "English literature Scottish authors History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Literary landmarks Scotland Edinburgh.".
- catalog subject "PR8511 .R69 1980".
- catalog subject "Scottish literature History and criticism.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- The golden age of Scots poetry -- Reformation -- The Castalian Band -- Dark Ages -- The Union and after -- The eighteenth century Enlightenment -- The Edinburgh of Sir Walter Scott -- The Victorian Age -- Modern times.".
- catalog title "Precipitous city : the story of literary Edinburgh / Trevor Royle.".
- catalog type "text".