A Burns companion / Alan Bold.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bold, Alan, 1943-1998.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Burns, Robert, 1759-1796.

Burns, Robert.

Poets, Scottish--18th century--Biography.

Poets, Scottish.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 447 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 1991.

Summary:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Includes index.

ISBN:

031204500X

OCLC:

20757211