Name: IMMORTAL MEMORY BURNS AND THE SCOTTISH PEOPLE
SKU: 1608908
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IMMORTAL MEMORY BURNS AND THE SCOTTISH PEOPLE

Published by John Donald. 2016

Nearly fine condition. Card wraps.

SIGNED by author on title page (without dedication). This copy would make a wonderful gift.

ISBN: 9781910900086
Stock no. 1608908

List of Illustrations
Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction: dimensions of immortal memory
1 'From scenes like these old Scotia's grandeur springs': Burns, 'The Cotters' Saturday Night', and Scotland's Tories in the age of revolutions
2 'The man who first taught the Scottish people to stand erect': Burns, Chartism and the working classes
3 'Rattling the Presbyterians' cage': The Burns centenary of 1859 and the struggle for the soul of Scotland
4 'A structure worthy of the Bard, of Glasgow and of Scotland': Burns, the Burns clubs and the making of immortal memories
5 'Now's the time and now's the hour': Keeping the lid on the Burns genie
6 'Burns by an Englishman is impossible': Burns, Scotland and socialism
7 'King of sentimental doggerel': Twentieth-century Burns, and Burns Now
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index

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