The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Poems, Songs, and Letters from Scotland's Romantic BardBy Allan Cunningham
Length38h 16m
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The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence gathers the full range of Burns's lyric, satiric, vernacular, and epistolary achievement, presenting the poet not merely as Scotland's national bard but as a major figure in Romantic-era letters. The volume's breadth—songs, poems, and letters—reveals Burns's mastery of Scots idiom, comic realism, democratic feeling, and emotional directness, while situating his work within eighteenth-century song culture, pastoral tradition, and the emerging cult of poetic authenticity. Allan Cunningham, himself a Scottish poet, biographer, and editor, was unusually well placed to mediate Burns for a wide nineteenth-century readership. Born in Dumfriesshire and shaped by the same Border and Lowland traditions that nourished Burns, Cunningham brought to the task both literary sympathy and antiquarian interest. His editorial engagement reflects an era eager to preserve national genius, recover oral and manuscript materials, and interpret Burns as a writer rooted in common life yet elevated by artistic force. This edition is recommended to readers seeking a comprehensive encounter with Burns's voice: tender, rebellious, humorous, and humane. It is especially valuable for students of Scottish literature, Romanticism, song, and cultural nationalism.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
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GenrePoetry
Length38 hrs 16 mins
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Publish dateApr 9, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Complete Poetry of Sir Walter Scott (Annotated)
2EPITAPHS, EPIGRAMS, FRAGMENTS, &c.
3SONGS AND BALLADS.
4GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE.
5LIFE OF ROBERT BURNS. (pt. 1)
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6LIFE OF ROBERT BURNS. (pt. 2)
7PREFACE.
8THE POETICAL WORKS OF ROBERT BURNS.
9I.
10WINTER.
11A DIRGE.
12FOOTNOTES:
13II.
14DEATH AND DYING WORDS
15POOR MAILIE,: THE AUTHOR’S ONLY PET YOWE.
16FOOTNOTES:
17III.
18POOR MAILIE’S ELEGY.
19FOOTNOTES:
20IV.
21FIRST EPISTLE TO DAVIE,: A BROTHER POET
22FOOTNOTES:
23V.
24SECOND EPISTLE TO DAVIE,: A BROTHER POET.
25VI.: ADDRESS TO THE DEIL
26VII.
27THE AULD FARMER’S
28AULD MARE MAGGIE,
29VIII.: TO A HAGGIS.
30IX.
31A PRAYER,: UNDER THE PRESSURE OF VIOLENT ANGUISH.
32X.
33A PRAYER: IN THE PROSPECT OF DEATH.
34XI.
35STANZAS: ON THE SAME OCCASION.
36XII.: A WINTER NIGHT.
37XIII.
38REMORSE.: A FRAGMENT.
39XIV.
40THE JOLLY BEGGARS.: A CANTATA.
41FOOTNOTES:
42XV.
43DEATH AND DR. HORNBOOK.: A TRUE STORY.
44FOOTNOTES:
45XVI.
46THE TWA HERDS:
47THE HOLY TULZIE.
48XVII.: HOLY WILLIE’S PRAYER.
49XVIII.: EPITAPH ON HOLY WILLIE.
50XIX.
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