Robert Burns Eman Poet Lib #16
Bestselling series of gift-size anthologies. The series contains selected poetry and prose from some of the most famous English and Scottish poets. An attractive six-pocket display pack is also available. Jarrold Publishing.
Bestselling series of gift-size anthologies. The series contains selected poetry and prose from some of the most famous English and Scottish poets. An attractive six-pocket display pack is also available. Jarrold Publishing.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780460878142 (046087814X)
Publish date: January 15th 1997
Publisher: Everyman Paperbacks
Pages no: 109
Edition language: English
Egads, reading Burns makes Shakespeare look like a stroll in the park. So many unknown words! I had to have a dictionary by my side at all times and, even if I got the hang of most words 'cause they were constantly repeated, for if I put the book down for a day or so I would go back to square one. F...
I struggled to get much out of this and I don't think it's really Burns' fault. To get any real appreciation one must both hear it in a Scots accent and understand the Scots dialect it is written in. I can mentally supply the former but I don't know the latter. Of course there are copious glosses to...
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