Robert Burns (1759-1796)

A selective list of online literary criticism on Robert Burns, favoring signed scholarly articles and books, peer-reviewed sources, sources supervised by editors, and web sites that adhere to the MLA Guidelines for Web Sites.

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Introduction

Crawford, Robert. The Bard: Robert Burns, A Biography, Princeton UP 2009. Sample chapter (Introduction) available at the publisher's web site.

McClure, J. Derrick. "Robert Burns." Literary Encyclopedia. Eds. Robert Clark, Emory Elliott, Janet Todd. An introduction to Burns, from a database that provides signed literary criticism by experts in their field, and is available to individuals for a reasonably-priced subscription.

Patterson, Don. "An introduction to the poetry of Robert Burns." (UK) Guardian. 25 January 2010.

"Robert Burns, 1759-1796: A Bicentenary Exhibition." Curator, G. Ross Roy. Contents: Early editions of Robert Burns; Burns, chapbooks, and popular culture; Memoirs and development of Burns scholarship; Burns's reading; Burns and Clarinda; Burns and Scottish song; Translations of Burns. University of South Carolina Libraries.

"Robert Burns: Scotland's Bard and most famous Son." Robert Burns World Federation. Introduction to Robert Burns; Burns's poems with English translations; Letters of Burns (transcriptions); the tradition of the Burns Supper; Burns in depth (critical and analytical articles on Burns). Also links to Burns Societies throughout the world, educational resources, information about the Robert Burns World Federation.

Scottish Language & Literature

"Scottish Language Dictionaries." About the dictionaries of Scots, including the great historical dictionaries, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue and the Scottish National Dictionary, the single volume Concise Scots Dictionary and the Essential Scots Dictionary. Information about Scots spelling, Scotland's Languages Today, Scots Grammar, History of Scots, Etymology and the Scots Language.

"Bibliography of Scottish Literature." Very extensive bibliography of print publications, covering Early Scottish Literature; Eighteenth Century Scottish Literature; Scottish Literature in the age of Scott; Victorian and Edwarian Scottish Literature; The Twentieth Century Scottish Rennaissance; Scottish Literature since 1945 (Poetry); Scottish Literature since 1945 (Drama); Scottish Literature since 1945 (Fiction); Resources and Connections. Dept. of Scottish Literature, U of Glasgow.

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