{"product_id":"before-burns-eighteenth-century-scottish-poetry-paperback","title":"Before Burns: Eighteenth-Century Scottish Poetry - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher MacLachlan\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis superb anthology offers a lively and indispensable collection of poems and songs from the eighteenth century. Here are the poets who created the literary tradition of vernacular directness which Burns drew upon and shared.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBefore Burns\u003c\/i\u003e includes a substantial selection from the work of Allan Ramsay and Robert Ferguson (Burns's 'elder brother in the muse'), as well as a wider selection from the men and women writers whose good-humoured accessibility so characterised the poetry of their time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMacLachlan's excellent introduction also puts these works in perspective and makes a case for a linguistic confidence, rather than insecurity, in their vigorous use of English and Scots.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristopher MacLachlan attended Trinity Academy, Edinburgh and received an MA(Hons) and PhD from the University of Edinburgh.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe is teaching at the University of St Andrews.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 360\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.6 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 18, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770109755680,"sku":"9781841952536","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2184bbac9313120446c7da0c3c63d9c7.webp?v=1780364589","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/before-burns-eighteenth-century-scottish-poetry-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}