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Bannockburns
Robert Crawford
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Description for Bannockburns
Paperback. Did you know the Battle of Bannockburn had its own poet-in-residence? Starting in 1314 and coming right up to the present day, the author examines how writers have set out in poetry, fiction, plays and on film the ideal of Scottish independence. It also includes the most detailed consideration of what independence meant to Robert Burns. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 366.
Did you know the Battle of Bannockburn had its own poet-in-residence? Starting in 1314 and coming right up to the present day, poet and critic Robert Crawford examines how writers have set out in poetry, fiction, plays and on film the ideal of Scottish independence. Beginning with medieval commemorations of Bannockburn, this sweeping and ambitious book also includes the most detailed consideration of what independence meant to Robert Burns. Concentrating on Scottish writing, it considers, too, imaginative work by male and female authors from England to North America and Australia. This book is full of surprises: from the bestselling Romantic ... Read more
Did you know the Battle of Bannockburn had its own poet-in-residence? Starting in 1314 and coming right up to the present day, poet and critic Robert Crawford examines how writers have set out in poetry, fiction, plays and on film the ideal of Scottish independence. Beginning with medieval commemorations of Bannockburn, this sweeping and ambitious book also includes the most detailed consideration of what independence meant to Robert Burns. Concentrating on Scottish writing, it considers, too, imaginative work by male and female authors from England to North America and Australia. This book is full of surprises: from the bestselling Romantic ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748685844
SKU
V9780748685844
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About Robert Crawford
Robert Crawford is Professor of Modern Scottish Literature at the University of St Andrews and is well-known as a poet, scholar and critic.
Reviews for Bannockburns
"'Alas! I have often said to myself, what are all the boasted advantages which my Country reaps from a certain Union, that can counterbalance the annihilation of her Independence, & even her very Name.' Robert Burns"