Robert BurnsPresents a definitive and complete appraisal of Robert Burns and his poetry. |
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... literature . The most significant things in Watson's collection are the popular poems and folk songs , earlier and con- temporary imitations of ballads and folk songs , and the few bril- liant examples of sixteenth - century verse ...
... literature . The most significant things in Watson's collection are the popular poems and folk songs , earlier and con- temporary imitations of ballads and folk songs , and the few bril- liant examples of sixteenth - century verse ...
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... literature , conversation , and drink . He restored Scots literature to its natural place in the daily life of the people by associating it with the normal activities of the citizen . Ramsay's creative work is perhaps less important ...
... literature , conversation , and drink . He restored Scots literature to its natural place in the daily life of the people by associating it with the normal activities of the citizen . Ramsay's creative work is perhaps less important ...
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... literature to which Murdoch introduced young Robert tended on the whole to be formal , rhetorical , and sentimental , we must remember that it did include Shakespeare and Milton and also that Murdoch's manner of teaching consistently ...
... literature to which Murdoch introduced young Robert tended on the whole to be formal , rhetorical , and sentimental , we must remember that it did include Shakespeare and Milton and also that Murdoch's manner of teaching consistently ...
Contents
Preface V | 1 |
Chapter Two GROWTH OF A POET | 34 |
Chapter Three THE KILMARNOCK VOLUME | 105 |
Copyright | |
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