The Life Of Robert Burns (Paperback, Main)

It's not difficult to see why this created such a storm of protest on its first publication in 1930 - Carswell exposes the sexual misdemeanours, drinking bouts and general waywardness that her more reverential predecessors had turned a blind eye to. In doing so she brought alive the personality of a great man; an account which remains unsurpassed. (Kirkus UK)

First published in 1930 to an unprecedented storm of protest, Catherine Carswell's The Life of Robert Burns remains the standard work on its subject. Carswell deliberately shakes the image of Burns as a romantic hero - exposing the sexual misdemeanours, drinking bouts and waywardness that other, more reverential, biographies choose to overlook. Catherine Carswell's real achievement is to bring alive the personality of a great man: passionate, hard-living, generous, melancholic, morbid and triumphant . . . the very archetype of the supreme creative artist.

General

Imprint:	Canongate Books Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Canongate Classics
Release date:	2001
First published:	May 2009
Authors:	Catherine Carswell
Introduction by:	Tom Crawford
Dimensions:	196 x 126 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	432
Edition:	Main
ISBN-13:	978-0-86241-292-0
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 16th to 18th centuries Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Poetry & poets > General Books > Biography > General
LSN:	0-86241-292-7
Barcode:	9780862412920

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