Abstract
Argues that the published settings of the songs written and collected by the Scottish poet Robert Burns (1759-1796), especially the settings in George Thomson's series A Select Collection of Original Scottish Airs, conceal Burns's original intentions, and traces this to anti-Scottish critical prejudice that had driven the genuine folk tradition underground.
Recommended Citation
Freeman, Fred
(2013)
"Back to Burns,"
Studies in Scottish Literature:
Vol. 37:
Iss.
1, 83–94.
Available at:
https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/ssl/vol37/iss1/9
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