Robert Burns
by Selected by William Beattie and Henry W. Meikle
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- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
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Robert Burns' verse reflects the work of a man very consciously aware of his contemporary, local world.
Burns was not, however, as he is sometimes portrayed, an unlettered peasant. He was familiar with the Bible, Shakespeare and the Spectator. Nevertheless, for copiousness and fertility of phrase and image the nearest parallels to Burns's Scots language are colloquial Chaucerian and Elizabethan English. It was through this very personal manipulation of the language that he used his verse to reveal the complexity of life, and to display his shrewd insight into human nature and his comic - satiric appreciation of the Scottish community. Rooted in the local and particular, Burns' poetry rises above the parochial to present his unique vision - and criticism - of human life.
Robert Burns' verse reflects the work of a man very consciously aware of his contemporary, local world.
Burns was not, however, as he is sometimes portrayed, an unlettered peasant. He was familiar with the Bible, Shakespeare and the Spectator. Nevertheless, for copiousness and fertility of phrase and image the nearest parallels to Burns's Scots language are colloquial Chaucerian and Elizabethan English. It was through this very personal manipulation of the language that he used his verse to reveal the complexity of life, and to display his shrewd insight into human nature and his comic - satiric appreciation of the Scottish community. Rooted in the local and particular, Burns' poetry rises above the parochial to present his unique vision - and criticism - of human life.
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- DASHbooks (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Robert Burns
- Author
- Selected by William Beattie and Henry W. Meikle
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- Harmondsworth
- Date Published
- 1983
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- robert burns, william beattie, henry meikle, poetry, poems, literature,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poems; Literature;
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