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 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 ...
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... genteel taste of his time . If to the contemporary genteel reader in Edinburgh or London it was the latter aspect which most appealed , history joins with criticism in considering the former as represent- ing the real Burns and the true ...
... genteel taste of his time . If to the contemporary genteel reader in Edinburgh or London it was the latter aspect which most appealed , history joins with criticism in considering the former as represent- ing the real Burns and the true ...
Contents
Preface V | 1 |
Chapter Two GROWTH OF A POET | 34 |
Chapter Three THE KILMARNOCK VOLUME | 105 |
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