Author: Robert BurnsPublisher: Chicago : J. C. Winston
ISBN:
Category : Gift books
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
The Cotter's Saturday Night
Author: Robert BurnsPublisher: Chicago : J. C. Winston
ISBN:
Category : Gift books
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Oh, why Should the Spirit of Mortal be Proud?
Author: William KnoxPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
The Works of Robert Burns; with an Account of His Life, and a Criticism of His Writings, &c
Author: Robert BurnsThe Canongate Burns
Author: Robert BurnsPublisher: Canongate Books
ISBN: 1841953806
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 1121
Book Description
The most comprehensive and challenging edition of the poems and songs of Robert Burns ever to be published Along with Walter Scott, Robert Burns is probably the best known Scottish writer in the world. His life story is often represented as one of sexual and alcoholic excess. Drawing on extensive scholarship and the poet's own inimitable letters, this defining work offers a wealth of information on Burn's life and times, the hardship of his early days, his political beliefs, his hatred of injustice, and his fate as a writer too often sentimentalized by biographers, critics, and well-meaning enthusiasts. The poems are presented in the order of their first appearance, giving further insights into the reception of Burns's work and the guarded relationship he had both with his readers and his own fame. Burns is shown as being a radical figure in a British as well as a Scottish context?as well as the peer of Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, and Byron in the revolutionary and repressive world of the 1790s.
A Man's a Man for A' That. [By Robert Burns.] (The Bold Bloodhound.) [Songs.].
![A Man's a Man for A' That. [By Robert Burns.] (The Bold Bloodhound.) [Songs.]. PDF](https://books.google.com/books/content/images/frontcover/qOURMwEACAAJ?fife=w80-h100)
Author: MAN.Came To Canada, Eh?
Author: Ian Moore-MorransPublisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1525575937
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Having emigrated from Scotland to Canada in his early thirties, Ian Moore-Morrans was a Scotsman to the core―despite his love for his adopted homeland―adventurous, humorous, and determined to provide a better life for himself, his wife and two young daughters. In his first memoir, From Poverty to Poverty: A Scotsman Encounters Canada, he shared with his fascinated readers what life was like for him in the early days, from his Scottish roots to his eventual emigration. In this sequel, we get to learn what happened next, joining him on a journey that takes him and his first wife back and forth across six provinces, with multiple stops along the way, as he struggles to survive and thrive in the face of countless obstacles that would likely have stopped a lesser man in his tracks. With love and humour in his heart, and music in his soul, this extraordinary “common” man was anything but ordinary. Throughout his life, love, laughter, and song carry him through even the toughest of times. Even after the death of his first wife, which he describes with poignancy, he pushes on, in true Scottish fashion, eventually meeting a new love―the soulmate with whom he shares his final years, full of romance, adventure, writing, singing, a heart-felt appreciation of Canada, and a continued enthusiasm for all things Scottish. The cover photo is of Gayle’s jewellery box that became Ian’s funeral urn, depicting Ian’s varied avocations–playing his trumpet in a Royal Air Force band; singing as a Scottish performer; displaying one of his published books; and dancing with a Scottish country dance group. The Leslie Clan tartan background represents the addition of “Moore” to Ian’s family name, as the Moore family is a sept of the Leslie Clan. (Ian’s first memoir displayed the McKinnon Clan tartan of which the Morranses are a sept.)
Tam O'Shanter
Author: Robert BurnsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
The Poems and Songs of Robert Burns
Author: Robert BurnsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bookplates
Languages : en
Pages : 702
Book Description
Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect
Author: Robert BurnsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Robert Burns in Edinburgh
Author: Jerry BranniganPublisher: Waverley Books Limited
ISBN: 9781849341714
Category : Edinburgh (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Today Robert Burns is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland, and people all over the world annually celebrate Burns Night on 25 January. Famous now for Auld Lang Syne, Scots Wha Hae, and A Man's A Man for A' That, Rabbie inspires Scots to be proud of Scotland. When he arrived in Edinburgh in November 1786 Burns was unknown, but within days the 'Ploughman Poet' was the talk of the capital, mixing in a circle of wealthy and important new friends. Edinburgh was changing quickly and it was the time of the Scottish Enlightenment, a period of great intellectual and scientific achievement. Burns' experiences during his stay in Edinburgh, including love affairs and fathering illegitimate children, were to influence much of his work to come. His friendship with Agnes 'Nancy' McLehose led to the poem, Ae Fond Kiss, among others. To capture the events of these vital months, three Burns enthusiasts from Glasgow - Jerry Brannigan, John McShane and David Alexander - have newly researched this period in Burns' life for this book. Gain a sense of this fascinating man, city and time by dipping into this book as you stroll through the capital, or by reading it at your leisure. Book jacket.