Bard news . . . we have the English to thank for Burns Criticism from south of the Border stung poet to write more political work, claims a leading academic

The Sunday Herald | January 11, 2009| | Copyright

FOR a Scot like Robert Burns, who raged against his nation being "bought and sold for English gold", it is quite a galling claim. But, according to a leading academic, not only did the English play a vital role in the Bard's political poetry, but his international image is largely down to his southern neighbours.

In a provocatively-titled lecture, Why The English Had To Invent Robert Burns, Professor Jon Mee from the University of Warwick argues that the work of an obscure English antiquarian inspired Burns to write more political poetry, directly leading to A Man's A Man For A' That.

He also ...

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