Robert BurnsPresents a definitive and complete appraisal of Robert Burns and his poetry. |
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... poetry , it has had a clear and obvious influence from the time of its reprinting by Watson up to the present day . Its verse form became a favorite of Scottish poets and is still associated with Scottish literature by the general ...
... poetry , it has had a clear and obvious influence from the time of its reprinting by Watson up to the present day . Its verse form became a favorite of Scottish poets and is still associated with Scottish literature by the general ...
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... poetry , including much of the work of the Scottish Chaucerians . This volume introduced his readers to the work of Scotland's first Golden Age , poetry produced at a time when the nation was independent and its culture , though ...
... poetry , including much of the work of the Scottish Chaucerians . This volume introduced his readers to the work of Scotland's first Golden Age , poetry produced at a time when the nation was independent and its culture , though ...
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... poetry and the criticism of poetry . The lite- rati were better philosophers than literary critics and better critical theorists than practical critics . Not that the language of Burns was the spontaneous vernacular ; in his best poems ...
... poetry and the criticism of poetry . The lite- rati were better philosophers than literary critics and better critical theorists than practical critics . Not that the language of Burns was the spontaneous vernacular ; in his best poems ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Chapter Two GROWTH OF A POET | 34 |
Chapter Three THE KILMARNOCK VOLUME | 105 |
Copyright | |
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