Robert Burns and the Hellish Legion - Couverture souple

Burnett, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1905267312 ISBN 13 : 9781905267316

Editeur : NMSE - Publishing Ltd, 2009

Synopsis

Devils, witches and evil - the insubstantial but terrifying world of the supernatural as it was seen by Robert Burns and his contemporaries is examined in this new book, brought out for the 250th anniversary of the poet's birth. Several of Burns' poems dealt with the supernatural, the most famous of which, "Tam o Shanter", is examined in detail. It is from this poem that the book's title comes: 'And roars out, "Weel done, Cutty-sark!" And in an instant all was dark And scarcely had he Maggie rallied When out the hellish legion sallied.' In contrast with the 'other world' was the everyday lives of the country people and the nature of the material world in which they lived; the book also examines this and the changes that were taking place in Burns' time.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

John Burnett is Curator in the Department of Scotland and Europe in the National Museum of Scotland, He is the author of several books on the history of sport in Scotland, one of which won the Mechaelis-Jena Ratcliff Prize for Folklore and Folklife Studies in 1999.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: NMSE - Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1905267312
• ISBN 13: 9781905267316
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible