Robert Burns

John Campbell Shairp

doi:10.1017/CBO9781139083997

Like other works in the first series of English Men of Letters, Shairp's 1879 biography of Robert Burns (1759–96) is a work of both history and literary criticism that can be used as an entry point to a wider study of its subject. Literary scholar John Campbell Shairp (1819–85) was born in Linlithgowshire and educated at Oxford. His publications include the essay collection Culture and Religion (1870) and Studies in Poetry and Philosophy (1868), both of which ran to multiple editions. In 1877 he was elected Professor of Poetry at Oxford, and held that chair in conjunction with the principalship of the United College of St Andrews until his death. With the insights of a historian and a poet, Shairp explores Burns' life through places lived in and travelled to, before turning to the 'characters, poems, and songs' of a poet widely admired in the late Victorian period.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

ROBERT BURNS
pp vii-viii

CHAPTER I - YOUTH IN AYRSHIRE
pp 1-41

CHAPTER II - FIRST WINTER IN EDINBURGH
pp 42-59

CHAPTER III - BORDER AND HIGHLAND TOURS
pp 60-78

CHAPTER IV - SECOND WINTER IN EDINBURGH
pp 79-93

CHAPTER V - LIFE AT ELLISLAND
pp 94-134

CHAPTER VI - MIGRATION TO DUMFRIES
pp 135-154

CHAPTER VII - LAST YEARS
pp 155-187

CHAPTER VIII - CHARACTER, POEMS, SONGS
pp 188-207

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