- Hardcover: 1680 pages
- Publisher: Oxford University Press (Jun 1968)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0198118430
- ISBN-13: 978-0198118435
- Product Dimensions: 21 x 15.2 x 6.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 621,203 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A timeless poetic treasure, this book contains all of Burns poems, including epitaphs, songs and lyrics. Burns wrote on every topic imaginable love, nature, politics and people. All the poems and songs are presented in a chronological order. Brimming with intensity, spontaneity and earnestness, this book is a sure treat for all poetry-lovers.
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'The Poetry of Burns' (1759-96) is characterised by its disarming honesty and humanity, and by the poet's remarkable lyric gift. Angry or compassionate, sentimental or satirical, romantic or bawdy, Burns's poetry transcends the Scottish dialect in which it is written to speak to all of us.
This new, specially commissioned recording offers a wide-ranging choice of Burns's songs and lyrical poems; and longer poems such as 'Tam o'Shanter', and 'The Cotter's Saturday Night' are also included in their entirety. All are read by John Cairney, world-famous for his many stage and television performances of the life and work of Scotland's national bard. Lovers of Burns's poetry will find much to enjoy in this selection, which also provides an extensive introduction for those as yet unfamiliar with his work.
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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
There's no doubting the talent of Robert Burns, and it's certainly all in here. If you can find it. The problem is that the formatting of this ebook is woeful, with even the introduction merging in to the main content. It can be difficult to see where one poem ends and another begins, with no font/size differentiation for poem/song titles and not a single new paragraph started from the beginning of the book to the end.
Add to this the fact that there is no table of contents and comes at a length of 4,896 locations, and you've got a dense, confusing entry in to the world of Robert Burns.
It's still a wonderful read, but you'll battle with the layout the whole way through. Such incredible talent deserves much better than this.
Add to this the fact that there is no table of contents and comes at a length of 4,896 locations, and you've got a dense, confusing entry in to the world of Robert Burns.
It's still a wonderful read, but you'll battle with the layout the whole way through. Such incredible talent deserves much better than this.
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
I dont understand why this book is in the collection in its present form. No format whatever, so whats the point? For the national Scottish bard this book is a disgrace.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
This score isn't about the content, but the presentation. Very very poor, poems and songs just run from one to the next. A little more effort would have made this a must grab.
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beware the format of this ebook
Even though it can be downloaded for free it is not worth the time and effort of ordering.
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Interesting!
A good reference work.
The system requires me to write twenty words, I don't see why, I have said everything I want to say!
The system requires me to write twenty words, I don't see why, I have said everything I want to say!
Published 7 months ago by Mr. R. W. Briggs
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