Before Burns: Eighteenth-century Scottish Poetry - Brossura

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1841952532 ISBN 13: 9781841952536

Casa editrice: Canongate Books Ltd, 2002

Riassunto

A collection of classic Scottish poetry from the 1700's.

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L'autore:

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.

Product Description:

These are Scots poems and songs from the eighteenth century which created a 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 Fergusson (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. Christopher MacLachlan's introduction puts these works in perspective and makes a case for a linguistic confidence, rather than an insecurity, in their vigorous use of both English and Scots.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Canongate Books Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1841952532
• ISBN 13: 9781841952536
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 332
• Redattore: Moore Peter A.