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"At Whigham's Inn": Mrs. Provost Whigham's Lost Kilmarnock, The Allan Young Census, And An Unexpected Discovery, Patrick G. Scott
"At Whigham's Inn": Mrs. Provost Whigham's Lost Kilmarnock, The Allan Young Census, And An Unexpected Discovery, Patrick G. Scott
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Reports the recent acquisition by Princeton University Library of a long-lost copy of Robert Burns's first book Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect (1986), formerly owned by Burns's friend Edward Whigham; describes the later transcript it contains of the short poem "At Whigham's Inn," long attributed to Burns; and reassesses the sources and authorship of the poem.
The Prayer Of Holy Willie: A Canting, Hypocritical, Kirk Elder, Patrick G. Scott
The Prayer Of Holy Willie: A Canting, Hypocritical, Kirk Elder, Patrick G. Scott
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Robert Burns wrote this famous satire on religious hypocrisy in 1785, but he did not include it in his first book Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect (1786) or in any edition published in his life-time. This edition makes accessible for the first time the locally-produced chapbook in which the poem was first printed, in 1789. The introduction discusses why the poem was written, the controversial background to the poem's first printed version, and the reasons for thinking the 1789 chapbook version was printed by John Wilson of Kilmarnock, who had printed Burns's first book three years before. An appendix …
A Bard Unkend: Selected Poems In The Scottish Dialect By Gavin Turnbull, Patrick G. Scott
A Bard Unkend: Selected Poems In The Scottish Dialect By Gavin Turnbull, Patrick G. Scott
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The Scottish-born poet and actor Gavin Turnbull (1765-1816), a younger contemporary of Robert Burns, published two volumes of poetry in Scotland before emigrating in 1795 to the United States, where he settled in Charleston, South Carolina. This selection draws attention to a neglected aspect of Turnbull's work, his writing in Scots. Drawing on advance research for the first collected edition of Turnbull's poetry, the selection includes verse in Scots from all phases of his career, including poetry in Scots published in America, together with a biographical introduction and background notes.
A Lost Collection Of Robert Burns Manuscripts: Sir Alfred Law, Davidson Cook, And The Honresfield Collection, Patrick G. Scott
A Lost Collection Of Robert Burns Manuscripts: Sir Alfred Law, Davidson Cook, And The Honresfield Collection, Patrick G. Scott
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This essay traces the formation by William Law of Littlesborough, Lancashire, of a major collection of literary manuscripts and books, including works by Robert Burns, the Brontes, and Walter Scott; recounts the unlikely role in the 1920s of Davidson Cook, a cooperative society manager from Barnsley, in encouraging the then-owner Sir Alfred Law, M.P., of Honresfield House, to make the collections available for scholarly use; summarizes available information on the partial dispersal of the collection in the late 20s and early 1930s, and the disappearance after Sir Alfred's death in 1939 of much of the collection, including major items; and …
Barking Dogs And Deaf Ears: The Mysterious Unheeded Scottish Origin Of Tennyson's In Memoriam, Patrick G. Scott
Barking Dogs And Deaf Ears: The Mysterious Unheeded Scottish Origin Of Tennyson's In Memoriam, Patrick G. Scott
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This paper records two specific sources for Tennyson's poems "Tears, idle tears" and In Memoriam, both in James Macpherson's Ossian, identifies the edition of Ossian that Tennyson used, and discusses the significance of Ossian for Tennyson in late 1833 in the immediate aftermath of Arthur Hallam's death. The discussion of Tennyson is framed to fit the theme, "The Mysteries at Our Own Doors," at the 43rd Victorians Institute, Charlotte, NC, October 24, 2014.
Twentieth-Century Burns Scholars: Robert Donald Thornton, Patrick G. Scott
Twentieth-Century Burns Scholars: Robert Donald Thornton, Patrick G. Scott
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Surveys the life and career of the Harvard-educated Burns scholar Robert Donald Thornton (1917-2007), including his early Burns research immediately before and after Word War II (in which he served on Okinawa), describing each of his major books and offering an assessment of his achievement, particularly his revaluation of James Currie as editor and his pioneering work on the Burns songs. Thornton's research archives are now in the G. Ross Roy Collection at the University of South Carolina. Text uploaded here from prepublication revised submission.
A Checklist Of James Hogg Scholarship Since 1960, Patrick G. Scott
A Checklist Of James Hogg Scholarship Since 1960, Patrick G. Scott
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Lists with brief annotations scholarship and criticism, including book reviews, published between 1960 and 1991. Originally distributed as South Carolina Working Papers in Scottish Bibliography, no. 2 (1992).
The Origin Of Species By Lord Neaves, Patrick G. Scott
The Origin Of Species By Lord Neaves, Patrick G. Scott
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Introductory essay on the Scottish lawyer and satirist Charles, Lord Neaves (1800-1876), with an edited text of his song from Blackwood's Magazine, May 1861, written in response to Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species (1859). Originally issued London: The Quarto Press (Scottish Poetry Reprint Series, no. 6), 1986.