The Merry Muses Of Caledonia
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Yellowed/tanning throughout. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Appears intact. Stickers/Labels: None visible.
A celebrated and long-suppressed collection of bawdy Scottish verse, The Merry Muses of Caledonia presents the uninhibited and irreverent side of Robert Burns — Scotland's national poet — that polite society long sought to conceal. Originally compiled by Burns himself for the private gentlemen's drinking club known as the Crochallan Fencibles, the collection chronicles a rich tradition of earthy folk songs, ribald humour, and frank celebration of human desire drawn from both ancient and contemporary Scots sources. This landmark edition, meticulously edited by James Barke and Sydney Goodsir Smith with a prefatory note and authenticated Burns texts contributed by J. DeLancey Ferguson, restores the work to scholarly respectability while preserving its raw, rollicking energy. Far from mere curiosity, these verses illustrate Burns' complete artistic range — his mastery of vernacular Scots, his democratic wit, and his unflinching engagement with the full spectrum of human experience. An essential companion to any serious study of Burns and the broader canon of Scottish literary heritage.
Author: Robert Burns
Format: Hardback
Published: 1966, W. H. Allen
Genre: Poetry
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Yellowed/tanning throughout. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Appears intact. Stickers/Labels: None visible.
A celebrated and long-suppressed collection of bawdy Scottish verse, The Merry Muses of Caledonia presents the uninhibited and irreverent side of Robert Burns — Scotland's national poet — that polite society long sought to conceal. Originally compiled by Burns himself for the private gentlemen's drinking club known as the Crochallan Fencibles, the collection chronicles a rich tradition of earthy folk songs, ribald humour, and frank celebration of human desire drawn from both ancient and contemporary Scots sources. This landmark edition, meticulously edited by James Barke and Sydney Goodsir Smith with a prefatory note and authenticated Burns texts contributed by J. DeLancey Ferguson, restores the work to scholarly respectability while preserving its raw, rollicking energy. Far from mere curiosity, these verses illustrate Burns' complete artistic range — his mastery of vernacular Scots, his democratic wit, and his unflinching engagement with the full spectrum of human experience. An essential companion to any serious study of Burns and the broader canon of Scottish literary heritage.