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

Ian Brown; Gerard Carruthers

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2021

Performing Robert Burns

Enactments and Representations of the ‘National Bard’

Ian Brown and Gerard Carruthers

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474457163

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Examines representations of Robert Burns and his work in a wide range of performance modes

Examination of representation of Robert Burns and his work in a wide range of performance modes
Analysis of ‘Robert Burns’ as a cultural performance rising from different representations of his work by different editors, composers, writers, performers and film-makers
Fresh detailed studies of Burns as a performed and performative construct, exploring ways in which he is encountered as a living author
Contributions by leading experts in music, drama, film and history as well as literature
Perspectives on Burns songs offered by musical experts and leading performers

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.

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1 The Performance of Burns Ian Brown and Gerard Carruthers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 Performance and Print in Editions of Robert Burns in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries1 John Burnett and Gerard Carruthers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
3 Robert Burns and Theatre Jim Davis and Tracy Cattell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	30
4 Burns and Music Hall Paul Maloney Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	44
5 ‘But to our tale’: ‘Tam o’ Shanter’ on Stage Paul Maloney and Adrienne Scullion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	66
6 ‘O what a glorious sight’: Performing Identity and the Burns Supper Ronnie Young Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
7 Burns, Public Ceremonial and Civic Scotland, c.1796-c.1914 Christopher A. Whatley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
8 Robert Burns on the Twentieth-Century Stage Rhona Brown Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	120
9 Burns and Film Alistair Braidwood Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
10 Orchestral Manoeuvres: Burns on the Concert Platform, 1879–1959 Kirsteen McCue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	148
11 Enactments and Representations of the National Bard: Burns and the Folk Context Katherine Campbell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	164
12 ‘Frae my ain countrie’: Robert Burns in the Archive of Jean Redpath Moira Hansen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
13 Performing the Work of Robert Burns Sheena Wellington Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	198
Notes on Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	206

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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 224
Illustrations
- Other: 1 B/W illustrations
Keywords: Literary Studies

eBook

Published: April 5, 2022
ISBN: 9781474457163