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A Burns Companion

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  • © 1991

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Authors:
  1. Alan Bold
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Part of the book series: Literary Companions (LICOM)

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Burns in Context

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. A Burns Chronology

      • Alan Bold
      Pages 3-20

    3. The Burns Circle

      • Alan Bold
      Pages 21-61

    4. A Burns Topography

      • Alan Bold
      Pages 62-75

  3. Aspects of Burns

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77
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    2. Dialect and Diction in Burns

      • Alan Bold
      Pages 79-88

    3. Burns and Religion

      • Alan Bold
      Pages 89-99

    4. Burns and Politics

      • Alan Bold
      Pages 100-108

    5. Burns and Philosophy

      • Alan Bold
      Pages 109-115

    6. Burns and Booze

      • Alan Bold
      Pages 116-122

    7. Burns and the Theatre

      • Alan Bold
      Pages 123-132

    8. The Bawdy Burns

      • Alan Bold
      Pages 133-142

    9. A Technical Note

      • Alan Bold
      Pages 143-147

  4. An Approach to Burns

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-149
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    2. An Approach to Burns

      • Alan Bold
      Pages 151-174

  5. The Art of Burns

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 175-175
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    2. Poems

      • Alan Bold
      Pages 177-285

    3. Verse Epistles

      • Alan Bold
      Pages 286-312

    4. The Songs

      • Alan Bold
      Pages 313-353
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This Companion, designed as an authoritative biographical and critical guide to Burns, is in six sections. Part I places Burns in context with a Chronology, 'The Burns Circle' and a Topography. Part II looks at the Burnsian issues of religion, politics, philosophy, drink, drama and sex. Part III an essay on Burns as a poetic phenomenon, is sure to provoke debate about the relevance of Burns to his time and ours. Part IV examines twenty-five poems, eighteen verse epistles and twenty-six songs as well as commenting on the letters, political ballads and Common Place Books. A Select Bibliography (Part V) and four Appendixes (Part VI) are followed by a glossary of Scots words, and index of poems and a general index.

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