Abstract
Examines the early publication history of Robert Burns's poem "Alloway Kirk" or "Tam o' Shanter," which Burns wrote for Francis Grose's illustrated Antiquities of Scotl;and (1789-1791), describing Grose's method of publication in parts, restoring the priority of Grose's publication of the poem, and refuting assertions that the poem has appeared slightly earlier in two Edinburgh periodicals.
Recommended Citation
Dawson, Bill
(2014)
"The First Publication of Burns's 'Tam o' Shanter',"
Studies in Scottish Literature:
Vol. 40:
Iss.
1, 105–115.
Available at:
https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/ssl/vol40/iss1/11