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Reviews. Document genre.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Reports or essays giving critical estimates of a relatively recent work, performance, or event. For other critical descriptions and analyses, prefer ""criticism"" .

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Reviews ‘Gesualdo’, an opera libretto by Ian Rankin. , 2008.

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Identifier: MS.50580
Scope and Contents

Scottish Opera Five:15 Press Coverage, 2008. Bound volume of reviews of ‘Gesualdo’. Folios 1-92.

Scottish Opera Five:15 Audience Feedback, 2008. Folios 93-100.

Note from Scottish Opera press officer. Folio 101.

Dates: 2008.

Reviews of ‘A Question of Blood’., 2003-2004.

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Identifier: MS.50573
Scope and Contents ‘Birmingham Post’, 2003. ‘Brighton Evening Argus’, 2003. ‘Cambridgeshire Journal’, 2003. ‘Choice Magazine’, 2003. ‘Daily Mirror’, 2003. ‘Dover Mercury’, 2003. ‘East Kent Mercury’, 2003. ‘Essex Magazine [and] Anglian Life’, 2003. ‘Evening Herald (Dublin)’, 2003. ‘Faversham News’, 2003. ‘Glasgow Evening Times’, 2003. ‘Good Book Guide’, 2003. ‘Good Book Guide’, 2004. ‘Gravesend Messenger’, 2003. ‘Guardian’, 2003. 2 copies. ‘Hampstead & Highgate Express’ (‘Ham & High’),...
Dates: 2003-2004.

Reviews of 'Black and Blue', 'The Black Book', 'Dead Souls', 'Exit Music', 'The Falls', 'Fleshmarket Close', 'The Hanging Garden', and 'Hide and Seek'., 1991-2009.

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Identifier: MS.50571
Scope and Contents ‘Black and Blue’. Folios 1-47. ‘Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine’, 2000. ‘Big Issue’, 2014. ‘Bookseller’, 1997. Includes unannotated cover sheet from Orion. ‘City Paper’, 1998. ‘Daily Telegraph’, 1997. ‘Deadly Pleasures’, 1997. ‘Directory’, 1997. ‘Glasgow Evening Times’, 1997. ‘Guardian’, 2009. See reviews of ‘Exit Music’. ‘Herald’, 1997. ‘Independent’, 1997. ‘Journal’, 2014. ‘Literary Review’, 1997. 2 copies. ‘Mail on Sunday’, 1997. ‘New York Times’, 1997. ‘Oxford Mail’, 1998....
Dates: 1991-2009.

Reviews of ‘Knots and Crosses’, ‘Let It Bleed’, and ‘Mortal Causes’. , 1987-2002.

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Identifier: MS.50572
Scope and Contents ‘Knots and Crosses’. Folios 1-19. ‘AGE Melbourne’, 1987. ‘Argus Weekender’, 1987. ‘Courier and Advertiser’, 1987. ‘Essex Radio’, 1987. ‘Fair Lady’, 1987. ‘Independent’, 1987. ‘Literary Review’, 1987. ‘S.A. Financial Mail’, 1987. ‘Southern Evening Echo’, 1987. ‘Sunday Post’, 1989. ‘Sunday Times’, 1987. 2 copies. ‘Yorkshire Evening Post’, 1987. Unidentified journal, 1987. Folio 15. Also in ‘Articles - Rebus novels’, ‘Ian’s Novel Look at Edinburgh’ (MS.XXXX) Unidentified journal,...
Dates: 1987-2002.

Reviews of radio and television productions of works by Ian Rankin; and reviews of ‘Jackie Leven Said’ and the non-fiction work ‘Rebus’s Scotland’., 1997-2005.

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Identifier: MS.50579
Scope and Contents Radio Productions. Folios 1-13. Review of a radio broadcast of ‘Let It Bleed’, from the ‘Scotsman’, 1999. Folio 1.Review of a radio broadcast of ‘A Question of Blood’, from ‘Books in the Media’, 2004. Folios 2-4.Reviews of a radio documentary, ‘Elementary, My Dear Rankin’. Folios 5-7. ‘Scotsman’, 1998. ‘Sunday Telegraph’, 1998. ‘Telegraph’, 1998. Reviews of a radio play, ‘The Third Gentleman’. Folios 8-13. ‘Express Magazine’, 1997. ‘Independent’, 1997....
Dates: 1997-2005.

Reviews of ‘Resurrection Men’., 2002-2003.

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Identifier: MS.50574
Scope and Contents ‘Resurrection Men’, the novel. Folios 1-136. ‘Aachener Zeitung’, 2003, in German. ‘Andersonstown News’, 18 and 25 January 2003. ‘Arizona Daily Star’, 2003. ‘Birmingham News’, 2003. ‘Buch Journal’, 2003, in German. ‘Bücher die Sie Lieben werden’, 2003. 2 copies, in German. ‘Bücher Dolomiten-Magazin’, 2003. ‘Chicago Tribune’, 2003. 2 copies. ‘Ciao’, 2003, website printout, in German. ‘Clare Champion’, 2002. ‘Daily Press’, 2002-2003. ‘Dayton Daily News’, 2003. ‘Denver Post & Rocky...
Dates: 2002-2003.

Reviews of ‘Saints of the Shadow Bible’ and ‘Set in Darkness’. , 2000-2014.

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Identifier: MS.50575
Scope and Contents ‘Saints of the Shadow Bible’. Folios 1-9. ‘Big Issue’, 2014. ‘Edinburgh Evening News’, 2014. ‘Guardian’, 2014. ‘Lovereading.com’, 2014. See review of ‘The Beat Goes On’. ‘Sunday Times’, 2014. ‘Telegraph’, 2014. ‘Set in Darkness’. Folios 10-109. ‘Ayr Advertiser’, 2000. ‘Belfast Telegraph’, 2000. 2 copies. ‘Birmingham Evening Mail’, 2000. ‘Bookseller’, 2000. 2 copies. ‘Bradford Telegraph & Argus’, 2000. ‘Broadway Ham [and] High’, 2000. ‘Cobham Esher Molesey...
Dates: 2000-2014.

Reviews of ‘Strip Jack’, ‘Tooth and Nail’, and ‘The Complaints’. , 1992-2003.

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Identifier: MS.50576
Scope and Contents Rebus novels. ‘Strip Jack’. Folios 1-77. ‘Birmingham Post’, 1992. ‘Bookseller’, 1992. ‘Bookseller’, 1993. ‘Chicago Tribune’, 1994. ‘Coventry Evening Telegraph’, 1992. 2 copies. ‘Crime Time’, 2000. ‘Evening Express’, 1993. ‘Evening News’, 1993. ‘Evening Times’, 1992. ‘Glaswegian’, 1992. ‘Herald’, 1993. ‘Independent Magazine’, 2003. ‘Irish Times’, 2004 [Also review of short stories anthology ‘A Good Hanging’). ‘Journal of the Law Society of Scotland’, 1994. ‘Kirkus Reviews’,...
Dates: 1992-2003.

Reviews of the Jack Harvey thrillers; literary, spy, and other novels; novellas; and novel anthologies of Ian Rankin. , 1986-2004.

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Identifier: MS.50577
Scope and Contents The reviews are from a variety of serial publications and from various countries. They are arranged in five sequences, ‘Jack Harvey thrillers’, ‘literary and spy novels’, ‘multiple novels’, ‘novel anthologies’, and ‘novellas’. Under each sequence the entries are arranged alphabetically by the title of the novels; then, under each novel, alphabetically by the title of the serial publication in which the review was published. Jack Harvey thrillers. Folios 1-22. ‘Bleeding Hearts’....
Dates: 1986-2004.

Reviews of the police procedural novels of Ian Rankin. , 1987-2014.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.50571-50576
Scope and Contents

The reviews are from a variety of serial publications and from various countries. They are arranged in two sequences, ‘Inspector Rebus novels’ followed by ‘Malcolm Fox novels’. Under each sequence the entries are arranged alphabetically by the title of the novels; then, under each novel, alphabetically by the title of the serial publication in which the review was published.

Dates: 1987-2014.

Reviews of the short stories and short story anthologies of Ian Rankin. , 1983-2014.

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Identifier: MS.50578
Scope and Contents The reviews are from a variety of serial publications and from various countries. They are arranged in two sequences, ‘Short Stories’ and ‘short story anthologies’. Under each sequence the entries are arranged alphabetically by the title of the short stories or short story anthologies; then, under each short story/short story anthology, alphabetically by the title of the serial publication in which the review was published. Short Stories. Folios 1-10.Review of...
Dates: 1983-2014.

Reviews of the works of Ian Rankin., 1983-2014.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.50571-50580
Scope and Contents

This series contains published reviews of the creative works of Ian Rankin. Included are both press cuttings and complete periodicals containing the reviews. Many of the press cuttings are photocopies sent to Rankin via an agency.

Dates: 1983-2014.

Typescripts and publications of reviews written by Ian Rankin., 1985-2014, undated.

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Identifier: MS.50542
Scope and Contents The reviews are in either typescript or published format and are noted as such. The published reviews are from a variety of serial publications. They are arranged alphabetically by the surname of the author of the work reviewed. Amis, Martin, Press cutting of a review, 29 November 2014, by Ian Rankin of ‘The Zone of Interest’ by Martin Amis, and other novels, ‘The Guardian. Folio 1.Chandler, Raymond. Annotated typescripts of a review, undated, by Ian Rankin of ‘The...
Dates: 1985-2014, undated.