Robert Burns and pastoral : poetry and improvement in late eighteenth-century Scotland /
This text restores the long marginalised Scottish poet Robert Burns to his rightful place as a major poet of the 18th century & Romantic period. It discusses his education as a farmer during the revolutionary period of 'improvement' in 18th-century Scotland, decision to write 'Sco...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2010.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This text restores the long marginalised Scottish poet Robert Burns to his rightful place as a major poet of the 18th century & Romantic period. It discusses his education as a farmer during the revolutionary period of 'improvement' in 18th-century Scotland, decision to write 'Scots pastoral' poetry, & influence on Wordsworth and Coleridge. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 347 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191591457 0191591459 9780199572618 0199572615 9780191722974 0191722979 |