Robert BurnsPresents a definitive and complete appraisal of Robert Burns and his poetry. |
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... genteel Edinburgh as the kind of natural man which some of the literati liked to talk about in their theoretical works , and it was not a comfortable role . In following Burns's career and development as a poet , therefore , we are led ...
... genteel Edinburgh as the kind of natural man which some of the literati liked to talk about in their theoretical works , and it was not a comfortable role . In following Burns's career and development as a poet , therefore , we are led ...
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... genteel man of feeling . The opening stanza ( which sounds as though it had been added to the poem as an afterthought ) is full of the posturing which Burns was led into when he wrote with the genteel tradition too much in mind . My lov ...
... genteel man of feeling . The opening stanza ( which sounds as though it had been added to the poem as an afterthought ) is full of the posturing which Burns was led into when he wrote with the genteel tradition too much in mind . My lov ...
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... genteel tradition of his age ; and of course his own taste and genuis - and to see the relation of the three in Burns's poetic activity . We have seen how a com- bination of Scots literary influences and an exhibitionism directed at the ...
... genteel tradition of his age ; and of course his own taste and genuis - and to see the relation of the three in Burns's poetic activity . We have seen how a com- bination of Scots literary influences and an exhibitionism directed at the ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Chapter Two GROWTH OF A POET | 34 |
Chapter Three THE KILMARNOCK VOLUME | 105 |
Copyright | |
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