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The next poem , " The Holy Fair ' ( which is perhaps earlier than any of the preceding , though its date is uncertain ) , is the first of those in the Kilmarnock volume which show the full stature of Burns as a poet working in the Scots ...
The next poem , " The Holy Fair ' ( which is perhaps earlier than any of the preceding , though its date is uncertain ) , is the first of those in the Kilmarnock volume which show the full stature of Burns as a poet working in the Scots ...
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The revolutionary implications of such poems as " The Holy Fair ' are best seen when they are put aside by . side with the theologized love poems of the sixteenth century . Yet in a profounder sense Burns's position is conservative ...
The revolutionary implications of such poems as " The Holy Fair ' are best seen when they are put aside by . side with the theologized love poems of the sixteenth century . Yet in a profounder sense Burns's position is conservative ...
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The Holy Fair , ' a common phrase in the West of Scotland for a sacramental occasion ' , as Burns described it in his note to the poem in the Edinburgh edition , was a vast outdoor ' tent preaching ' held annually in connection with the ...
The Holy Fair , ' a common phrase in the West of Scotland for a sacramental occasion ' , as Burns described it in his note to the poem in the Edinburgh edition , was a vast outdoor ' tent preaching ' held annually in connection with the ...
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| Title | Robert Burns |
| Author | David Daiches |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1966 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 25 Apr 2006 |
| Length | 334 pages |
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