Robert Burns and pastoral poetry and improvement in late eighteenth-century Scotland /

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This text restores the long marginalised Scottish poet Robert Burns to his rightful place as a major poet of the 18th century & Romantic period. It discusses his education as a farmer during the revolutionary period of 'improvement' in 18th-century Scotland, decision to write 'Sco...

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Hovedforfatter: Leask, Nigel, 1958-
Format: eBog
Sprog:English
Udgivet: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Fag:
Burns, Robert, > 1759-1796 > Criticism and interpretation.
Pastoral poetry, English > 18th century > History and criticism.
Agriculture in literature.
Rural conditions in literature.
Enlightenment > Scotland.
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Summary:This text restores the long marginalised Scottish poet Robert Burns to his rightful place as a major poet of the 18th century & 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, & influence on Wordsworth and Coleridge.
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Fysisk beskrivelse:1 online resource (xiv, 347 p.) : ill., map, ports.
Bibliografi:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191722974 (ebook) :

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