Document Type
Book
Abstract
This volume in the long-established Dictionary of Literary Biography series collects primary source materials on Burns’s life, reading, and writing; contemporary descriptions of the places he lived; reviews and selected poetic responses; obituaries; and contextual material on such topics as Ayrshire agriculture, the duties of an excise officer, song-editing, and 1790’s radicalism. Along with over 300 documents and extracts, the book includes 34 manuscript facsimiles, 45 sidebars on special topics, 10 maps, and over 100 supporting illustrations. The link here is to the preface only, describing the book in more detail; the book itself is available in print, as an eBook, and online through Gale's Literature Resource Center.
Publication Info
Volume 383, 2018, pages i-508.