Performing Robert Burns: Enactments and Representations of the ‘National Bard’

Brown, I. and Carruthers, G. (Eds.) (2021) Performing Robert Burns: Enactments and Representations of the ‘National Bard’. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh. ISBN 9781474457149

Abstract

This book opens up fresh aspects of performance and performativity and their impact on our perception of Robert Burns and his work. Bringing together leading experts on music, song, drama, public ceremonial and literature, it studies Burns as a performed and performative construct. It explores ways in which he is encountered as a living author, setting the popularity of his poetry and songs in the context of his representation in popular culture. A key part of this volume’s attraction lies in the way it opens up fresh issues and aspects of performance and performativity and their impact on our perception of Robert Burns and his work.

• Item Type: Edited Books
• Status: Published
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Carruthers, Professor Gerard and Brown, Professor Ian
• Subjects: P Language and Literature > PR English literature
• College/School: College of Arts & Humanities > School of Critical Studies > Scottish Literature
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• ISBN: 9781474457149