{"product_id":"before-burns-christopher-maclachlan-9781841952536","title":"Before Burns: Eighteenth-Century Scottish Poetry","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis superb anthology offers a lively and indispensable collection of poems and songs from the eighteenth century. Here are the poets who created the literary tradition of vernacular directness which Burns drew upon and shared.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBefore Burns\u003c\/i\u003e includes a substantial selection from the work of Allan Ramsay and Robert Ferguson (Burns's 'elder brother in the muse'), as well as a wider selection from the men and women writers whose good-humoured accessibility so characterised the poetry of their time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMacLachlan's excellent introduction also puts these works in perspective and makes a case for a linguistic confidence, rather than insecurity, in their vigorous use of English and Scots.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher MacLachlan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1841952532\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781841952536\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Canongate Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/18\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 5.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Christopher MacLachlan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43938910339327,"sku":"9781841952536","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_94d2b011-567b-45c7-a515-98c391695308.jpg?v=1681438396","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/before-burns-christopher-maclachlan-9781841952536","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}