The Poets of Dumfriesshire (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from The Poets of Dumfriesshire This work consists of a sketch of Dumfriesshire poetry, ancient and modern, with biographical notices of the different poets, and illustrative selections from their writings. In the first chapter the famous Anglo-Saxon poem preserved in the runes on Ruthwell Cross is described, reference being made to the investigations of Stephens, Cook, and Brandl, on the subject of the inscription; the question whether Blind Harry, who had an exceptionally good knowledge of the topography ofNithsdale, was personally connected with Dumfriesshire is discussed; and such figures as the Latin poet James Crichton, styled ´The Admirable,´ and the half-forgotten dramatic writers, Lodowick Carlell and Dr. Christopher Irving, are introduced. The three chapters that follow in succession are devoted almost exclusively to that ancient popular verse to which the student must go for what is vital in the history and characteristic in the literature of the Western Border. From poems racy of the soil attention is turned to the hymns and addresses of Blacklock, works as English in thought and expression as if they had been produced in Kent or Salop. After treating of several disciples of Pope and Gray, the author proceeds, in the sixth chapter, to speak of Burns, who spent the last eight years of his life in Nithsdale. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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