Selected Poems
$27.92
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
17 January 2005
Summary
A unique collection of the finest poems and songs from the Scottish Bard
This selection gives equal weight to the two aspects of Robert Burns’s reputation, as a lyricist and as a much-loved Scottish poet. Placing works in probable order of composition, it includes lyrics to his most well known songs, such as the nostalgic Auld Lang Syne, the romantic A Red, Red Rose, and the patriotic Scots What Hae. As a poet, Burns wrote with deceptive simplicity and imaginative sympathy, and demons…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140423822 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0140423826 |
| Author: | Robert Burns, Carol McGuirk |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 17 January 2005 |
| Weight: | 258g |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 130mm x 196mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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Robert Burns
Robert Burns was born in 1759, the son of a struggling tenant farmer in Ayrshire. Lucky enough to be educated, Burns immersed himself in the literature of Milton and Sterne, discovering the possibilities of contemporary literature in Scots during his twenties. He died in 1796.
Carol McGuirk is a Professor of English at Florida Atlantic University. Her publications include Robert Burns and the Sentimental Era and essays on eighteenth-century poetry.
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