All entries for Monday 19 January 2009
January 19, 2009
English critic spurred Robbie Burns to become more political
Writing about web page http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/english_critic_spurred/
As Scottish people everywhere prepare the celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of national icon Robert Burns, University of Warwick Professor Jon Mee argues that was an English critic who encouraged the poet to make his work more political.