TY - JOUR
AU - Smith, Jeremy J.
AB - Much of the ‘Burns myth’ depends on the poet's handling of language. This article re-examines the language of a selection of Burns's writings—letters and poems—from a philological and sociolinguistic perspective. Literary, philosophical, biographical, historical and linguistic issues and materials are brought into articulation. Burns is shown to be much more self-aware about linguistic nuances than the myth—for which he himself was in some part responsible—suggests; and it is also shown that an awareness of these linguistic nuances is highly illuminating for an appreciation of Burns's artistic achievement. The article concludes with a discussion of some significant similarities between Burns and later poets, notably John Keats.
TI - Copia Verborum: The Linguistic Choices of Robert Burns
JF - The Review of English Studies
DO - 10.1093/res/hgm002
DA - 2007-02-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/copia-verborum-the-linguistic-choices-of-robert-burns-7yoRwhUcfN
SP - 73
EP - 88
VL - 58
IS - 233
DP - DeepDyve
ER -