Life And Works Of Robert Burns: Critical And Analytical Edition. Volume 2.
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: rev ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Condition remarks: Binding: front hinges cracked; binding slightly shaky; no loose pages; some marks on boards; some bumping on corners and spine. Pages: foxing on prelims and book block.
Few figures in literary history have captured the spirit of a nation quite like Robert Burns, and P. Hately Waddell's monumental Life and Works of Robert Burns: Critical and Analytical Edition stands as one of the most exhaustive and rigorous scholarly treatments of Scotland's beloved national poet. This second volume of the revised and expanded edition chronicles Burns's literary output with meticulous attention to detail, drawing upon upwards of thirty engravings, facsimiles, and woodcuts, alongside sixty original documents, letters, and poems — many of them previously unknown to the public — to construct an intimate and authoritative portrait of the man behind the verse. Waddell, a scholar of considerable erudition, brings both analytical precision and biographical depth to his subject, situating Burns firmly within the social, cultural, and political currents of late 18th-century Scotland. The work argues persuasively for Burns's enduring significance not merely as a regional folk poet but as a universal voice of human dignity, love, and rebellion. Printed and published in Glasgow by David Wilson in 1870, this revised edition with additions remains a landmark of Victorian literary scholarship — and a testament to the inexhaustible fascination Burns continues to inspire in all who encounter his work.
Author: P. Hately Waddell
Format: Hardback
Published: 1870, David Wilson
Genre: Biography
Edition: rev ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Condition remarks: Binding: front hinges cracked; binding slightly shaky; no loose pages; some marks on boards; some bumping on corners and spine. Pages: foxing on prelims and book block.
Few figures in literary history have captured the spirit of a nation quite like Robert Burns, and P. Hately Waddell's monumental Life and Works of Robert Burns: Critical and Analytical Edition stands as one of the most exhaustive and rigorous scholarly treatments of Scotland's beloved national poet. This second volume of the revised and expanded edition chronicles Burns's literary output with meticulous attention to detail, drawing upon upwards of thirty engravings, facsimiles, and woodcuts, alongside sixty original documents, letters, and poems — many of them previously unknown to the public — to construct an intimate and authoritative portrait of the man behind the verse. Waddell, a scholar of considerable erudition, brings both analytical precision and biographical depth to his subject, situating Burns firmly within the social, cultural, and political currents of late 18th-century Scotland. The work argues persuasively for Burns's enduring significance not merely as a regional folk poet but as a universal voice of human dignity, love, and rebellion. Printed and published in Glasgow by David Wilson in 1870, this revised edition with additions remains a landmark of Victorian literary scholarship — and a testament to the inexhaustible fascination Burns continues to inspire in all who encounter his work.