A note on Elizabeth Isabella Spence and her Sketches of the Present Manners, Customs, and Scenery of Scotland

Carruthers, G. and Gallagher, K. (2021) A note on Elizabeth Isabella Spence and her Sketches of the Present Manners, Customs, and Scenery of Scotland. Burns Chronicle, 130(2), pp. 210-214. (doi: 10.3366/burns.2021.0024)

Abstract

This article discusses several engagements with Burns and Robert Fergusson by Elizabeth Isbaella Spence in the early nineteenth century, as well the textual variance found in several nineteenth-century versions of Burns's ‘Epistle to Robt Graham, Esq: of Fintry on the Election for the Dumfries string of Boroughs, Anno 1790’ (1790). Spence is involved in the contemporary Romantic conceptualisation of Scotland, and she visited Burns's widow Jean Armour in Dumfries as part of a tour of the country providing an account of her encounter. This note examines a particular textual variant which appears in Spence's publication of Burns's ‘Epistle to Graham of Fintray’, tracing this variant throughout several key early-to-mid nineteenth-century versions.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Carruthers, Professor Gerard and Gallagher, Kevin
• Authors: Carruthers, G., and Gallagher, K.
• College/School: College of Arts & Humanities > School of Critical Studies > Scottish Literature
• Journal Name: Burns Chronicle
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• ISSN: 1365-7518
• ISSN (Online): 2634-7059
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2021 Edinburgh University Press
• First Published: First published in Burns Chronicle 130(2):210-214
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced in accordance with the publisher copyright policy

Project Code	Award No	Project Name	Principal Investigator	Funder's Name	Funder Ref	Lead Dept
173717		Editing Robert Burns for the 21st Century: Correspondence & Poetry	Gerard Carruthers	Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)	AH/P004946/1	Arts - Scottish Literature