Robert Burns and Transatlantic CultureWhile recent scholarship has usefully positioned Burns within the context of British Romanticism as a spokesperson of Scottish national identity, Robert Burns and Transatlantic Culture considers Burns's impact in the United States, Canada, and South America, where he has served variously as a site of cultural memory and of creative negotiation. Ambitious in its scope, the volume is divided into five sections that explore: transatlantic concerns in Burns's own work, Burns's early publication in North America, Burns's reception in the Americas, Burns's creation as a site of cultural memory, and extra-literary remediations of Burns, including contemporary digital representations. By tracing the transatlantic modulations of the poet and songwriter and his works, Robert Burns and Transatlantic Culture sheds new light on the circuits connecting Scotland and Britain with the evolving cultures of the Americas from the late eighteenth century to the present. |
Contents
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Slavery as a Political Metaphor in Scotland and Ireland in the Age | |
Andrew Noble | |
Tracing the Transatlantic Bards Availability | |
Robert Burns and the Contemporary Scottish | |
Burnss Political Reputation in North America | |
Robert Burns and Latin America | |
Robert Burnss Transatlantic Afterlives | |
His Persistence in Cultural | |
Mapping Transatlantic Dislocation | |
The Transatlantic Songs of Robert Burns | |
Robert Burns and the World Wide | |
Bibliography | |
Index | |
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Robert Burns and Transatlantic Culture Sharon Alker,Leith Davis,Holly Faith Nelson Limited preview - 2012 |
Robert Burns and Transatlantic Culture Sharon Alker,Leith Davis,Holly Faith Nelson Limited preview - 2012 |
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