Robert BurnsPresents a definitive and complete appraisal of Robert Burns and his poetry. |
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Page 138
... shows the same mixture of mockery and genuine affection that we find in Fergusson , but Burns's poem has in addition that special unsentimental feeling of companionship for animals which he expresses with greatest success in " The Auld ...
... shows the same mixture of mockery and genuine affection that we find in Fergusson , but Burns's poem has in addition that special unsentimental feeling of companionship for animals which he expresses with greatest success in " The Auld ...
Page 163
... show the same unhappy results : some of them - for example , " A Bard's Epitaph , " which concludes the book - use a ... shows that Burns could write a complete poem of genteel despair in neoclassic English while employing throughout the ...
... show the same unhappy results : some of them - for example , " A Bard's Epitaph , " which concludes the book - use a ... shows that Burns could write a complete poem of genteel despair in neoclassic English while employing throughout the ...
Page 167
... shows that the English neoclassic tradition was not always or necessarily a corrupt- ing influence on Burns . “ To a Mountain Daisy " ( which comes near the end of the Kil- marnock volume ) is less successful . It lacks the ease and air ...
... shows that the English neoclassic tradition was not always or necessarily a corrupt- ing influence on Burns . “ To a Mountain Daisy " ( which comes near the end of the Kil- marnock volume ) is less successful . It lacks the ease and air ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Chapter Two GROWTH OF A POET | 34 |
Chapter Three THE KILMARNOCK VOLUME | 105 |
Copyright | |
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