Robert Burns by Gerard Carruthers

Robert Burns by Gerard Carruthers

This book treats Burns' work from the first publication of his poetry in 178 to his song writing and collecting which predominated in the 1790s. It encompasses discussion of Burns' social and religious satires, his political comment and his utterances on love and gender. In line with modern Burns scholarship, this study reads Burns' against both his Scottish and British literary backgrounds and emphasises, particularly, Burns' construction of his poetic persona. As a key element of this latter aspect, the treatment considers Burns against his poetic space for himself as a Scot makes him a crucial Enlightenment and proto-Romantic figure. The book debunks the myth of Burns as 'this heaven-taught ploughman', emphasising his very contemporary understanding of the power of literature, and of the emotions as a vital part of human intellect.

Gerard Carruthers is Lecturer in Scottish Literature, University of Glasgow. He is co-editor of ‘English Romanticism and the Celtic World’, Walter Scott’s ‘Reliquiae Trotcosienses’ and author of more than twenty-five essays on Scottish and English literature.

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ISBN 13	9780746311776
ISBN 10	074631177X
Title	Robert Burns
Author	Gerard Carruthers
Series	Writers And Their Work
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Liverpool University Press
Year published	2010-11-30
Number of pages	144
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