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Robert Burns

Robert Burns. 1759-1796. England and Scotland. Scotland ruled from London since James I (James VI of Scotland) takes English throne in 1603 as first Stuart king [James I, Charles I, Charles II, James II] Stuarts were Catholic ; England was Anglican

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Robert Burns

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  1. Robert Burns 1759-1796

  2. England and Scotland • Scotland ruled from London since James I (James VI of Scotland) takes English throne in 1603 as first Stuart king [James I, Charles I, Charles II, James II] • Stuarts were Catholic; England was Anglican • Stuarts lose throne to Puritans in 1649; regain it after the Commonwealth fails in 1660 • Lose it again in “Glorious Revolution” 1688 to Mary, d of James II and her husband William of Orange (Hanover) • Two rebellions against Hanovers led from Scotland • 1715 – nearly succeed • 1745 – clans massacred at Culloden – breaks Highland

  3. Burns, briefly • Son of a farmer from Ayrshire (near English border); no university education – man “of the people.” Fiercely proud of Scotland and Scots heritage. http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/nael/noa/audio_romantic.htm • Project to capture in book form the traditional oral ballads and lyrics of folk tradition in Scotland • Wrote often in “Scots English” dialect (not in Gaelic spoken in the Highlands – he was a not a Highlander) • Blurs the line between “song lyric” and “lyric poem” • Sympathizes with the French Revolution and its democratic ideals

  4. Tam O’Shanter Nannie is wearing a “cutty sark” –Scots for “petticoat”

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