{"product_id":"9781841952536","title":"Before Burns: Eighteenth-Century Scottish Poetry","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis superb anthology offers a lively and indispensable collection of poems and songs from the eighteenth century. Here are the poets who created the literary tradition of vernacular directness which Burns drew upon and shared.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eBefore Burns\u003c\/i\u003e includes a substantial selection from the work of Allan Ramsay and Robert Ferguson (Burns's 'elder brother in the muse'), as well as a wider selection from the men and women writers whose good-humoured accessibility so characterised the poetry of their time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMacLachlan's excellent introduction also puts these works in perspective and makes a case for a linguistic confidence, rather than insecurity, in their vigorous use of English and Scots.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Canongate Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47057892966640,"sku":"9781841952536","price":17.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781841952536_p0.jpg?v=1763741904","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781841952536","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}