- Paperback: 496 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New edition edition (29 Mar 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0141390190
- ISBN-13: 978-0141390192
- Product Dimensions: 21.2 x 13.4 x 4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,416,067 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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No poet has attracted such fanatical devotion as Robert Burns. He was, according to Lord Byron, a man of extremes: "tenderness, roughness - delicacy, coarseness - sentiment, sensuality - dirt and deity". Ian McIntyre's biography gives a careful analysis of Burns's songs and poetry and strips away the legend to explore what lies beneath. The figure that emerges is sharper, less idealized, perhaps more truly great, than in any previous biography.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
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a lively portrait of a remarkable man,
By Silver Moon Sailor "lizzie796" (Northumberland uk) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Robert Burns: A Life (Paperback)
This is such a readable book that you don't notice the meticulous research and referencing. I felt I knew not only Burns but his many friends, lovers and correspondents. Whichever way you look at Burns he is an enigma. McIntyre does not gloss over Burns's questionable choices and sexual incontinence, nor does he try the retrospective cod psychology which is so prevalent in modern biography. You are free to make your own mind up. As I started to read this book I knew and loved many of Burns's works and that love has been enhanced in some cases by finding out more about the circumstances of Burns's writing them but, beware, I have been sadly disillusioned in others. Burns was seemingly capable of quite monstrous chutzpah and disingenuity often for very slight discernible reason. He was also pretty much of a loser although a tremendously sparkling and charismatic one. I would have loved to have met him - I think.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Robert Burns: A Life,
By Juno (Scotland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Robert Burns: A Life (Paperback)
A well-written and absorbing story of the Life of Robert Burns. It takes the reader chronologically through events in his life, incorporating poems and letters he wrote or received, and also puts these into historical context so that the reader gets a better feel for what was shaping Burns' thoughts and actions at the time of writing. What I especially liked about this book is that the writer doesn't attempt to pass judgement, or to speculate too much on the reasons for Burns' life choices, but simply tells the tale and allows the reader to draw his or her own conclusions.
This book isn't 'dry' or scholarly, and is well worth reading.
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