Robert burns and pastoral: poetry and improvement in late eighteenth-century scotland
Auteur :
Leask, Nigel
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780199572618
Date de publication :
1 juil. 2010
Dimensions :
24,1 x 16,3 x 2,3 cm
Poids :
766 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book restores the long marginalised Scottish poet Robert Burns to his rightful place as a major poet of the 18th century and Romantic period. It discusses his education as a farmer during the revolutionary period of 'improvement' in 18th-century Scotland, decision to write 'Scots pastoral' poetry, and influence on Wordsworth and Coleridge.