Understanding Robert Burns : Verse, Explanation and Glossary

Wilkie, George Scott

ISBN 10: 190323848X / ISBN 13: 9781903238486

Published by Wilson Publishing, Limited, Neil, 2002

About this Item

Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Seller Inventory # GRP94929029

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Understanding Robert Burns : Verse, Explanation and Glossary
• Publisher: Wilson Publishing, Limited, Neil
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 190323848X
• ISBN 13: 9781903238486
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st.
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 0.483 pounds

About this title

Synopsis

The poems of Robert Burns are known throughout the world, but are rarely understood. For too long lovers of his poetry and songs have struggled with the meaning of many of the bard's words. Following the success of George Wilkie's Select Works of Robert Burns, this expanded volume of Burns's poetry, with 138 poems, captures the same ethos as the original.

Opposite every stanza of each poem the meaning of what Burns has written is printed along with a helpful glossary to enable to reader to gain an immediate understanding. No delving into notes at the end of the book is necessary. This is a major development in access to the works of Burns and is the only book on his works that allows the reader such immediate access to the poems's meaning.

About the Author

George Scott Wilkie became a fan of Burns as a Leith schoolboy and has retained his passion for the bard throughout adult life. He is retired and lives near Cambridge.