{"product_id":"9781841952536-before-burns","title":"Before Burns","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEighteenth-Century Scottish Poetry. Offers a collection of poems and songs from the eighteenth century. This title includes a selection from the work of Allan Ramsay and Robert Ferguson (Burns' '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. \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":30323691389025,"sku":"9781841952536","price":11.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/products\/stand_7041140_jpg.jpg?v=1706712199","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781841952536-before-burns","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}