Robert Burns and Pastoral

Auteur: Leask, Nigel (Regius Professor of English Language and Literature, Regius Professor of English Language and Literature, University of Glasgow)
Editeur: Oxford University Press
This book restores the long marginalised Scottish poet Robert Burns to his rightful place as a major poet of the 18th century and 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, and influence on Wordsworth and Coleridge.
Sur commande
This book restores the long marginalised Scottish poet Robert Burns to his rightful place as a major poet of the 18th century and 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, and influence on Wordsworth and Coleridge.
ISBN / EAN 9780199572618
Auteur Leask, Nigel (Regius Professor of English Language and Literature, Regius Professor of English Language and Literature, University of Glasgow)
Editeur Oxford University Press