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Скачать книгу (размер 1 437 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 283) Аннотация: The myth that has grown up around Robert Burns, Scotland's greatest popular poet, has sometimes obscured his original poetic gifts. The educated son of a poor cotter, Burns became known for his rustic background, his fraternity with the working man, his Jacobite loyalty and his amorous entanglements. Yet his contribution to literature is immense. His use of dialogue and colloquial speech is…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 421 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 672) Аннотация: Robert Burns, the most celebrated of all Scottish poets, is remembered with great devotion — his birthday on 25th January provokes fervour and festivity among Scots and many others the world over. Born in 1759 into miserable rustic poverty, by the age of eighteen Burns had acquired a good knowledge of both classical and English literature. In June 1786 his first collection of verse, «Poems…