Robert Burns - Complete Works

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edited November 20 in English Forum

THE COMPLETE WORKS OF ROBERT BURNS: CONTAINING HIS  POEMS, SONGS,  AND CORRESPONDENCE.
WITH  A NEW LIFE OF THE POET,  AND NOTICES, CRITICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL,  BY ALLAN CUNNINGHAM.

BOSTON: PHILLIPS, SAMPSON, AND COMPANY. NEW YORK: J.C. DERBY. 1855

Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796), also known as Rabbie Burns, the Bard of Ayrshire and various other names, was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide. He is the best known of the poets who have written in the Scots language, although much of his writing is also in English and a light Scots dialect, accessible to an audience beyond Scotland. He also wrote in standard English, and in these writings his political or civil commentary is often at its bluntest.

He is regarded as a pioneer of the Romantic movement, and after his death he became a great source of inspiration to the founders of both liberalism and socialism, and a cultural icon in Scotland and among the Scottish diaspora around the world. Celebration of his life and work became almost a national charismatic cult during the 19th and 20th centuries, and his influence has long been strong on Scottish literature. In 2009 he was chosen as the greatest Scot by the Scottish public in a vote run by Scottish television channel STV.

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Whilst some of Burn's Works are in the Harvard Shelf, it is AFAIK (not owning it) not this single volume complete works, if it is I ask Faithlife to delete this post.

 

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