Author: Robert Burns
Publisher: Canongate Books
ISBN: 184767450X
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
The Scottish poet Robert Burns has been idolised and eulogised. He has been sainted, painted, tarted-up and toasted. He is famous as the author of 'Auld Lang Syne', and he has long been the patron saint of the heartsore and the hungover. But what about the poems? Beneath the cult of Burns Nights and patriotic yawps, there is the work itself, among the purest and most truthful created in any age. This is a Burns collection like no other, introduced, arranged and contextualised by the award-winning novelist and essayist Andrew O'Hagan. Above all, it is an accessible edition made for the pleasure of reading that brings Burns' timeless work to full, riotous, colourful life.
A Night Out with Robert Burns
Author: Robert Burns
Publisher: Canongate Books
ISBN: 184767450X
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
The Scottish poet Robert Burns has been idolised and eulogised. He has been sainted, painted, tarted-up and toasted. He is famous as the author of 'Auld Lang Syne', and he has long been the patron saint of the heartsore and the hungover. But what about the poems? Beneath the cult of Burns Nights and patriotic yawps, there is the work itself, among the purest and most truthful created in any age. This is a Burns collection like no other, introduced, arranged and contextualised by the award-winning novelist and essayist Andrew O'Hagan. Above all, it is an accessible edition made for the pleasure of reading that brings Burns' timeless work to full, riotous, colourful life.
Publisher: Canongate Books
ISBN: 184767450X
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
The Scottish poet Robert Burns has been idolised and eulogised. He has been sainted, painted, tarted-up and toasted. He is famous as the author of 'Auld Lang Syne', and he has long been the patron saint of the heartsore and the hungover. But what about the poems? Beneath the cult of Burns Nights and patriotic yawps, there is the work itself, among the purest and most truthful created in any age. This is a Burns collection like no other, introduced, arranged and contextualised by the award-winning novelist and essayist Andrew O'Hagan. Above all, it is an accessible edition made for the pleasure of reading that brings Burns' timeless work to full, riotous, colourful life.
Selected Poems of Robert Burns
Author: Robert Burns
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Selected Poems and Songs
Author: Robert Burns
Publisher:
ISBN: 0199603928
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
This volume offers Burns's work as it was first encountered by contemporary readers, presenting the texts in the contexts in which they were originally published. It includes the whole of Poems, chiefly in the Scottish Dialect (1786), a generous selection of songs with full scores, comprehensive notes, some important letters and a glossary.
Publisher:
ISBN: 0199603928
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
This volume offers Burns's work as it was first encountered by contemporary readers, presenting the texts in the contexts in which they were originally published. It includes the whole of Poems, chiefly in the Scottish Dialect (1786), a generous selection of songs with full scores, comprehensive notes, some important letters and a glossary.
Selections from the Poems of Robert Burns
Author: Robert Burns
Publisher:
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Category : English Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : English Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Understanding Robert Burns
Author: Robert Burns
Publisher: Neil Wilson Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Although recognised throughout the world, the poems of Robert Burns are rarely understood. This book gives readers an immediate understanding of 138 of his poems.
Publisher: Neil Wilson Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Although recognised throughout the world, the poems of Robert Burns are rarely understood. This book gives readers an immediate understanding of 138 of his poems.
The Poems and Songs of Robert Burns
Author: Robert Burns
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bookplates
Languages : en
Pages : 702
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bookplates
Languages : en
Pages : 702
Book Description
A Red, Red Rose. the Love Poems of Robert Burns in Original Scots and Modern English
Author: Derek Scott
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1409265005
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
18th century Scots poet Robert Burns wrote many of the most poignant and beautiful love poems of the period, primarily in the Scots language.In A Red, Red, Rose Derek Scott has translated eighty of the love poems and songs of Burns from the original Scots language into modern day English, making the works more accessible to a modern day reader.The works are printed both in the original Scots and modern English on adjacent pages to allow the reader to compare the versions easily.Included are many of Burns' most famous works: A Red, Red Rose; Ae Fond Kiss; and John Anderson, my Jo; as well as many less well known works.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1409265005
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
18th century Scots poet Robert Burns wrote many of the most poignant and beautiful love poems of the period, primarily in the Scots language.In A Red, Red, Rose Derek Scott has translated eighty of the love poems and songs of Burns from the original Scots language into modern day English, making the works more accessible to a modern day reader.The works are printed both in the original Scots and modern English on adjacent pages to allow the reader to compare the versions easily.Included are many of Burns' most famous works: A Red, Red Rose; Ae Fond Kiss; and John Anderson, my Jo; as well as many less well known works.
Poems and Songs
Author: Robert Burns
Publisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Robert Burns in Your Pocket
Author: Robert Burns
Publisher: Waverley Books Limited
ISBN: 9781902407814
Category : Poets, Scottish
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
With a clear and accessible biography of Burns and his work, fifty-two of Burns poems and songs, a comprehensive glossary of Scots words, an index of first lines and line drawings of scenes from his life, this compact book combines quality, style and value.
Publisher: Waverley Books Limited
ISBN: 9781902407814
Category : Poets, Scottish
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
With a clear and accessible biography of Burns and his work, fifty-two of Burns poems and songs, a comprehensive glossary of Scots words, an index of first lines and line drawings of scenes from his life, this compact book combines quality, style and value.
The Selected Poems of Joanna Baillie, 1762-1851
Author: Joanna Baillie
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719054747
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Joanna Baillie's poetry ranges from songs and lyrical ballads to dramatic monologues and realistic blank verse. This edition of her work gives readers the opportunity to assess her significance and her craft.
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719054747
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Joanna Baillie's poetry ranges from songs and lyrical ballads to dramatic monologues and realistic blank verse. This edition of her work gives readers the opportunity to assess her significance and her craft.