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Seasonal: McClelland & Stewart Backlist
A Night Out with Robert Burns
The Greatest Poems
By (author):
Robert Burns
Introduction by:
Andrew O'Hagan
9780771017414
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English
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POETRY / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Dec 21, 2010
$19.99 CAD
Active 5.4 x 8.1 x 0.67 in | 0.56 lb 256 pages McClelland & Stewart Douglas Gibson Books
Active 5.4 x 8.1 x 0.67 in | 0.56 lb 256 pages McClelland & Stewart Douglas Gibson Books
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January 25, 2009, marks the 250th anniversary of Burns’s birth. It will be a huge event around the world, not least across Canada. And we have the book!
Robert Burns (1759-1796) is part of your life. If you’ve ever given or received a romantic red rose, or talked about a "do or die" situation, or if you’ve sung "Auld Lang Syne," you’re included.
Others celebrate this ploughman poet with an eye for "the lasses" more directly. Every year, literally hundreds of thousands of Canadians, from coast to coast, go to Burns Suppers in January to celebrate his life. This year —2009 — will be the biggest ever, since it’s a 250th celebration of his birth.
CBC TV is joining with the BBC to produce three one-hour programmes on his life, all written and hosted by Andrew O’Hagan, who is now the authority on Burns. This is because this book, published by Canongate in 2008, has already become a classic, bringing Burns to ordinary readers. Because Burns was on the right side of history, against privilege and rank and for everyone getting a fair chance, he is beloved around the world — in Andrew O’Hagan’s words, he is "the world’s greatest and most loveable poet."
Robert Burns (1759-1796) is part of your life. If you’ve ever given or received a romantic red rose, or talked about a "do or die" situation, or if you’ve sung "Auld Lang Syne," you’re included.
Others celebrate this ploughman poet with an eye for "the lasses" more directly. Every year, literally hundreds of thousands of Canadians, from coast to coast, go to Burns Suppers in January to celebrate his life. This year —2009 — will be the biggest ever, since it’s a 250th celebration of his birth.
CBC TV is joining with the BBC to produce three one-hour programmes on his life, all written and hosted by Andrew O’Hagan, who is now the authority on Burns. This is because this book, published by Canongate in 2008, has already become a classic, bringing Burns to ordinary readers. Because Burns was on the right side of history, against privilege and rank and for everyone getting a fair chance, he is beloved around the world — in Andrew O’Hagan’s words, he is "the world’s greatest and most loveable poet."
"Wonderful"
— Scotland on Sunday
"Exactly the sort of enterprise his 250th birthday deserves."
— Glasgow Herald
"A selection of his work that should satisfy both those new to Burns and diehard fans."
— National Post
"O'Hagan is the ideal guide. One of Scotland's best contemporary writers, his prose is almost as lyrical as Burns' verse."
— Ottawa Citizen
"People who find it hard to get into Robert Burns have the answer to their prayers in this book . . . I think the book will change a lot of people's attitude to poetry."
— Ewan McGregor
"[Burns] did not fail the Muse or us or himself as one of poetry's chosen instruments."
— Seamus Heaney
"I'll be infiltrating into as many other people's stockings as I can Andrew O Hagan's beautiful, passionate take on some of the loveliest poems."
— The Scotsman
