Carswell, Catherine
The Life Of Robert Burns (Canongate Classics)
- ISBN 13:
- 9780862412920
- author:
- Carswell, Catherine
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Canongate Classics
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2001
- Pages:
- 415
- Genre:
- Biography / Novelists, Poets, Playwrights
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
Catherine Carswell's groundbreaking biography of Robert Burns, first published in 1930, remains the definitive work on its subject. This unflinching portrayal challenges the traditional image of Burns as a romantic hero, instead revealing a complex and multifaceted individual with a passionate and hard-living personality.
Through her meticulous research, Carswell brings to life the personality of a great man, one who was both generous and melancholic, morbid and triumphant. This is a deeply humanising biography that strips away the myth and legend surrounding Burns, revealing a man of contradictions and flaws.
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