Robert Burns: How To Know Him (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. An Accessible Study of Scotland's National Bard, His Songs, Satire, Rural Speech, and Literary LegacyBy William Allan Neilson
Length6h 59m
About this audiobook
Robert Burns: How To Know Him is a compact but discerning introduction to Scotland's national poet, presenting Burns not as a relic of sentimental nationalism but as a vigorous lyric intelligence rooted in song, satire, rural speech, and Enlightenment-era social feeling. Neilson's prose is lucid, pedagogical, and critically balanced, guiding readers through the poems, songs, and biographical circumstances that illuminate Burns's art. The book belongs to an early twentieth-century tradition of humane literary criticism, designed to make canonical writers intelligible without diminishing their complexity. William Allan Neilson, a Scottish-born literary scholar, editor, and educator who later became president of Smith College, was unusually well placed to interpret Burns for an Anglophone readership. His academic training, editorial experience, and cultural memory of Scotland enabled him to combine scholarly judgment with sympathy for dialect, popular tradition, and moral temperament. Neilson's purpose is not merely to praise Burns, but to teach readers how to approach him intelligently. This volume is recommended for readers seeking an accessible yet substantial entrance into Burns's poetry and reputation. It will especially reward students, teachers, and general readers who want historical orientation, critical tact, and a clear sense of why Burns remains emotionally immediate and artistically durable.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
Audiobook details
GenreBiography and Memoir
Length6 hrs 59 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 1, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2CHAPTER I BIOGRAPHY
31. Alloway, Mount Oliphant, and Lochlea
4THE COTTER'S SATURDAY NIGHT
5HANDSOME NELL
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6THE DEATH AND DYING WORDS OF POOR MAILIE, THE AUTHOR'S ONLY PET YOWE
7POOR MAILIE'S ELEGY
8MARY MORISON
9MY NANNIE O
10THE RIGS O' BARLEY
112. Mossgiel
12A PRAYER IN THE PROSPECT OF DEATH
13THE POET'S WELCOME TO HIS LOVE-BEGOTTEN DAUGHTER
14WILL YE GO TO THE INDIES, MY MARY?
15THE GLOOMY NIGHT
16ON A SCOTCH BARD, GONE TO THE WEST INDIES
173. Edinburgh
18AE FOND KISS
19MY NANNIE'S AWA
20CLARINDA
214. Ellisland
22I HAE A WIFE
235. Dumfries
24CHAPTER II INHERITANCE: LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
25GO FETCH TO ME A PINT O' WINE
26CHAPTER III BURNS AND SCOTTISH SONG
27AULD LANG SYNE
28MY LOVE IS LIKE A RED RED ROSE
29YESTREEN I HAD A PINT O' WINE
30OF A' THE AIRTS
31O THIS IS NO MY AIN LASSIE
32POORTITH CAULD
33MY WIFE'S A WINSOME WEE THING
34HIGHLAND MARY
35TO MARY IN HEAVEN
36CA' THE YOWES (Second Version)
37AFTON WATER
38THE BLUE-EYED LASSIE
39BONNIE LESLEY
40LASSIE WI' THE LINT-WHITE LOCKS
41MONTGOMERIE'S PEGGY
42THE LEA-RIG
43AULD ROB MORRIS
44O, WERT THOU IN THE CAULD BLAST
45GREEN GROW THE RASHES
46THERE WAS A LAD
47CONTENTED WI' LITTLE
48MY FATHER WAS A FARMER
49O FOR ANE AN' TWENTY, TAM!
50YE BANKS AND BRAES (Second Version)
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