A Bard Unkend: Selected Poems in the Scottish Dialect by Scott, Patrick

A Bard Unkend: Selected Poems in the Scottish Dialect (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781514348512)

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A Bard Unkend: Selected Poems in the Scottish Dialect by Scott, Patrick

A Bard Unkend: Selected Poems in the Scottish Dialect

$8.00
A Bard Unkend: Selected Poems in the Scottish Dialect by Scott, Patrick

A Bard Unkend: Selected Poems in the Scottish Dialect

$8.00
Format: Paperback
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The poet and actor Gavin Turnbull (1765-1816), a younger contemporary of Robert Burns, published two volumes of poetry in Scotland before emigrating in 1795 to the United States, where he settled in Charleston, South Carolina. This selection draws attention to a neglected aspect of Turnbull's work, his writing in Scots. Drawing on advance research for the first collected edition of Turnbull's poetry, the selection includes verse in Scots from all phases of his career, including poetry in Scots published in America.

Author: Patrick Scott,Gavin Turnbull
ISBN-10: 1514348519
ISBN-13: 9781514348512
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 06/19/2015
Pages: 50
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.19lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.12d
By Patrick Scott
By Patrick Scott
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Gavin Turnbull (1765-1816), born in Berwickshire in the Scottish borders, began writing poetry as a teenage carpet-weaver in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. His first volume, Poetical Essays, appeared in 1788. In the early 1790s, he joined the theatre company in Dumfries, renewed his earlier friendship with Robert Burns, wrote a play, and published a second volume, Poems, in 1794. In 1795, he emigrated to Charleston, South Carolina, where he made a career as an actor and later schoolmaster, contributing poetry to Charleston newspapers and to other American periodicals. He became an American citizen in 1813, and died in Charleston in 1816.

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