Burns Companion

Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. 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.

Product details

• Authors: Alan Bold, Bold a.
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.12.1990
• EAN: 9780333422700
• ISBN: 978-0-333-42270-0
• No. of pages: 461
• Series: Literary Companions; Literary Companions
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures