Ian Brown and Gerard Carruthers, eds., Performing Robert Burns: Enactments and Representations of the ‘National Bard’ and Adam White, John Clare’s Romanticism

Jake Phipps

Ian Brown and Gerard Carruthers, eds., Performing Robert Burns: Enactments and Representations of the ‘National Bard’ and Adam White, John Clare’s Romanticism

Authors

Jake Phipps Durham University

Keywords:

Ian Brown, Gerrard Carruthers, Robert Burns, Performance, Song, Scotland, Scottish Culture, John Clare, Lord Byron, William Wordsworth, John Keats, Lyric, Poetics

Abstract

Review by Jake Phipps (Durham University) of Ian Brown and Gerard Carruthers, eds., Performing Robert Burns: Enactments and Representations of the ‘National Bard’. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2021. Pp. iv + 210. £75.00. ISBN 9781474457149 and Adam White, John Clare’s Romanticism. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. Pp. 332. £89.99. ISBN 9783319538587.