Leask, Nigel, 1958-
Robert Burns and pastoral poetry and improvement in late eighteenth-century Scotland / [electronic resource] : Nigel Leask. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010. - 1 online resource (xiv, 347 p.) : ill., map, ports.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780191722974 (ebook) : No price
Burns, Robert, 1759-1796 --Criticism and interpretation.
Pastoral poetry, English--History and criticism.--18th century
Agriculture in literature.
Rural conditions in literature.
Enlightenment--Scotland.
PR4338
821.6
Robert Burns and pastoral poetry and improvement in late eighteenth-century Scotland / [electronic resource] : Nigel Leask. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010. - 1 online resource (xiv, 347 p.) : ill., map, ports.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780191722974 (ebook) : No price
Burns, Robert, 1759-1796 --Criticism and interpretation.
Pastoral poetry, English--History and criticism.--18th century
Agriculture in literature.
Rural conditions in literature.
Enlightenment--Scotland.
PR4338
821.6