Book/Printed Material To Dr. Currie, M.D., F.R.S.: Holograph, Liverpool, 12 July 1800.
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Title
- To Dr. Currie, M.D., F.R.S.: Holograph, Liverpool, 12 July 1800.
Summary
- Robert Burns (1759-96) is best known for his poems and songs that reflect Scotland's cultural heritage. He was born in Alloway, Ayrshire, Scotland, the first of seven children belonging to William Burnes, a tenant farmer, and his wife Agnes Broun. Burns had little formal education, but he read English literature and absorbed the traditional, largely oral Scots-language folk songs and tales of his rural environment. He began to compose songs in 1774, and published his first book, Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, in 1786. The work was a critical success, and its poems in both Scots and English, on a range of topics, established Burns's broad appeal. While building his literary reputation, Burns worked as a farmer, and in 1788 he was appointed an excise officer in Ellisland. He spent the final 12 years of his life collecting and editing traditional Scottish folk songs for collections including The Scots Musical Museum and A Select Collection of Original Scotish [sic] Airs for the Voice. Burns contributed hundreds of Scottish songs to these anthologies, sometimes rewriting traditional lyrics and setting them to new or revised music. This rhyming epistle was written by William Shepherd, a dissenting minister, schoolmaster and active politician of Liverpool. He was closely acquainted with William Roscoe, who was deeply interested in Burns and his works. Shepherd wrote the 39-line poem in the style of Burns, commemorating Dr. James Currie's edition of The Works of Robert Burns, published in 1800.
Names
- Shepherd, William, 1768-1847 Author.
Created / Published
- [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1800-07-12.
Headings
- - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland--England--Liverpool
- - 1750 to 1800
- - Burns, Robert, 1759-1796
- - Currie, James, 1756-1805
- - Dialect Poetry, Scottish
- - Shepherd, William, 1768-1847
Notes
- - Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
- - Original resource extent: 1 item (2 pages) ; 31.6 centimeters.
- - Original resource at: University of South Carolina.
- - Content in English and Scots.
- - Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.
Medium
- 1 online resource.
Source Collection
- Robert Burns Collection
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2021667628
Online Format
- compressed data
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