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Before Burns: Eighteenth-Century Scottish Poetry
Christopher Maclachlan (Ed.)
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Description for Before Burns: Eighteenth-Century Scottish Poetry
Paperback. Offers a collection of poems and songs from the eighteenth century. This title includes a selection from the work of Allan Ramsay and Robert Ferguson (Burns' 'elder brother in the muse'), as well as a wider selection from the men and women writers whose good-humoured accessibility so characterised the poetry of their time. Editor(s): MacLachlan, Christopher. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DCQ; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 284.
This superb anthology offers a lively and indispensable collection of poems and songs from the eighteenth century. Here are the poets who created the literary tradition of vernacular directness which Burns drew upon and shared.
Before Burns includes a substantial selection from the work of Allan Ramsay and Robert Ferguson (Burns's 'elder brother in the muse'), as well as a wider selection from the men and women writers whose good-humoured accessibility so characterised the poetry of their time.
MacLachlan's excellent introduction also puts these works in perspective and makes a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781841952536
SKU
V9781841952536
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Ref
99-14
About Christopher Maclachlan (Ed.)
Christopher MacLachlan attended Trinity Academy, Edinburgh and received an MA(Hons) and PhD from the University of Edinburgh. He is teaching at the University of St Andrews.
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