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The Oxford Edition of the Works of Robert Burns: Volume I: Commonplace Books, Tour Journals, and Miscellaneous Prose (Hardcover)
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The Oxford Edition of the Works of Robert Burns: Volume I: Commonplace Books, Tour Journals, and Miscellaneous Prose (Hardcover)
Series: The Oxford Edition of the Works of Robert Burns
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This volume of Robert Burns's Commonplace Books, Tours Journals and
Miscellaneous Prose Works is a major contribution to our
understanding of the life and writings of one of the major
Scottish, and British, poets of all times. To the extent that the
Commonplace Books and other prose writings offer a glimpse into
Burns's creative workshop, they record the self-conscious poetic
development of a man who was endowed with none of the advantages of
birth and education enjoyed by many other writers. Spanning nearly
two decades of his sadly foreshortened life, they permit a new
understanding of his unique relationship to the literary and social
culture of late eighteenth-century Scotland, and help explain how
and why this humbly-born Ayrshire farmer became a poet of world
renown. The items included here have never before been published
complete in one volume (some are published for the first time), and
they are arranged chronologically in order to highlight the major
creative stages of his life. In contrast to the poems and songs,
most of the material included was unpublished during the poet's
lifetime, so this new edition is largely based on fresh
transcriptions of manuscripts in Burns's hand, or in the hands of
his various amanuenses. It offers diplomatic transcriptions that
adhere as closely as possible to RB's original manuscript page,
retaining his eccentric spellings, capitalisation, long and short
dashes, punctuation, and use of ampersands, as well as marking
revisions and elisions. The edition features a general
introduction, and each item is preceded by full headnote, assessing
its importance in relation to Burns's life and poetic corpus. Notes
explicate names, cultural, historical and literary references,
providing full cross-references these with the poetry and
correspondence.
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