Overview
Essays address the works of Robert Burns (1759-1796), and discuss, among other things, possible "lost" radical poems by Burns, Burns\'s "biculturalism," his songs, his satires, his use of the Scottish "flyting" tradition, the nINET_HTMLeenth century\'s disturbing cult of Burns, the poet\'s self-representation in letters and poems, his representations of the body, William Wordsworth\'s hostility to Burns, Burns\'s nationalism, the extraordinary cultural impact of "The Cotter\'s Saturday Night.
