A Burns Companion

A Burns Companion
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 471
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ISBN-10 : 9781349211654
ISBN-13 : 1349211656
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Download or read book A Burns Companion written by Alan Bold and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-27 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Companion, designed as an authoritative biographical and critical guide to Burns, is in six sections. Part I places Burns in context with a Chronology, 'The Burns Circle' and a Topography. Part II looks at the Burnsian issues of religion, politics, philosophy, drink, drama and sex. Part III an essay on Burns as a poetic phenomenon, is sure to provoke debate about the relevance of Burns to his time and ours. Part IV examines twenty-five poems, eighteen verse epistles and twenty-six songs as well as commenting on the letters, political ballads and Common Place Books. A Select Bibliography (Part V) and four Appendixes (Part VI) are followed by a glossary of Scots words, and index of poems and a general index.


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