Abstract
Provides a review and interpretation of Allan Ramsay's career and reputation, and of scholarly and critical response to his work, exploring "the foundational nature of his contribution to the language of Scottish literature," reaching a wider audience, for Scots, his dominant role in the history of Scottish song, and the pivotal role of his writing, especially his ballad-opera The Gentle Shepherd, in the formation of Scottish romanticism, and of the wider romantic movement.
Recommended Citation
Pittock, Murray
(2020)
"Allan Ramsay: Romanticism and Reception,"
Studies in Scottish Literature:
Vol. 46:
Iss.
2, 8–21.
Available at:
https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/ssl/vol46/iss2/3