Before Burns : eighteenth-century Scottish poetry / edited and introduced by Christopher MacLachlan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

MacLachlan, C. J. M.

Series:

Canongate Classics

Canongate classics ; 106

Canongate classics Before Burns

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scottish poetry--18th century.

Scottish poetry.

English poetry--18th century--Scottish authors.

English poetry.

English poetry--Scottish authors--18th century.

Scotland--Poetry.

Scotland.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 332 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Canongate, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is an anthology of Scots poems and songs from the 18th century that created a literary tradition of vernacular directness which Burns drew upon. The volume includes works by Allan Ramsay and Robert Fergusson.

This superb anthology offers a lively and indispensable collection of poems and songs from the eighteenth century. Here are the poets who created the literary tradition of vernacular directness which Burns drew upon and shared. Before Burns includes a substantial selection from the work of Allan Ramsay and Robert Ferguson (Burns's 'elder brother in the muse'), as well as a wider selection from the men and women writers whose good-humoured accessibility so characterised the poetry of their time. MacLachlan's excellent introduction also puts these works in perspective and makes a case for a linguistic confidence, rather than insecurity, in their vigorous use of English and Scots.

Contents:

Intro

Cover

Title Page

Table of Contents

Introduction

Note on the Texts

The Poems

ANONYMOUS

GRIZEL BAILLIE (1665-1746)

ALEXANDER ROBERTSON OF STRUAN (1668-1749)

WILLIAM HAMILTON OF GILBERTFIELD (1670-1751)

ALLAN RAMSAY (1685-1758)

ROBERT CRAWFORD (1695-1733)

ALEXANDER ROSS (1699-1784)

WILLIAM HAMILTON OF BANGOUR (1704-54)

DAVID MALLET (1705-65)

ALISON RUTHERFORD COCKBURN (1712-94)

HENRY ERSKINE (1720-65)

JOHN SKINNER (1721-1807)

TOBIAS SMOLLETT (1721-71)

WILLIAM WILKIE (1721-72)

JEAN ELLIOT (1727-1805)

JAMES BEATTIE (1735-1803)

ISOBEL PAGAN (1741-1821)

ALEXANDER, DUKE OF GORDON (1743-1827)

HECTOR MACNEILL (1746-1818)

MICHAEL BRUCE (1746-67)

ROBERT FERGUSSON (1750-74)

ANNE LINDSAY (1750-1825)

JOHN TAIT (C.1750-1817)

ELIZABETH HAMILTON (1758-1816)

JOANNA BAILLIE (1762-1851)

Notes

Glossary of Common Scots Words

About the Author

Copyright.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. xviii).

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ISBN:

9781847674661

1847674666

OCLC:

1255224147