Project Gutenberg 2011-05-09 Public domain in the USA. 173 Carlyle, Thomas 1795 1881 Carlyle, T. (Thomas) Wight, O. W. (Orlando Williams) 1824 1888 Wight, Orlando Williams 01020814 Life of Robert Burns Editor's preface -- pt. 1. Life of Burns [by J. F. Smith] (From the 8th ed. of the Ency. Brit.) -- pt. 2. Life of Burns [by T. Carlyle] (Review of Lockhart's Life of Robert Burns, 1828). E-text prepared by the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/americana) "Life of Robert Burns" by Thomas Carlyle is a historical account written in the mid-19th century. This work delves into the life and highlights of the celebrated Scottish poet Robert Burns, exploring both his external circumstances and the profound impact of his lyrical genius. The book seeks to present a comprehensive image of Burns as an artist and as a man, capturing his struggles and triumphs. The opening of the book presents an editor’s preface that underscores the significance of Robert Burns as a national bard. It outlines that the biography is divided into two parts: the first briefly covers Burns's life, taken from the "Encyclopedia Britannica," while the second part focuses on a deep spiritual portrait crafted by Carlyle. The text reveals Burns's humble beginnings, education, and early influence from his parents and community. It portrays the elements of his formative years, such as his literary interests, early poetic attempts, and eventual rise to prominence as a poet who encapsulated the spirit of the Scottish people. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Burns, Robert, 1759-1796 PR Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Literature 224664 224431 2024-09-15T09:52:58.005797 2023-09-16T03:50:03.976272 text/html text/html 228068 2011-05-09T16:36:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 87085 2011-05-09T16:38:15 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 138771 2024-09-15T09:53:02.941759 application/epub+zip 141385 2024-09-15T09:52:59.748771 application/epub+zip 141385 2024-09-15T09:52:58.912808 application/epub+zip 257005 2024-09-15T09:53:05.580772 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 233471 2024-09-15T09:53:02.373864 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 233643 2022-09-16T13:20:33.894632 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 202734 202545 2024-09-15T09:52:57.610794 2023-09-16T03:50:03.619258 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 202381 2011-05-09T16:32:47 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 80798 2011-05-09T16:32:47 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 202402 2011-05-09T16:32:47 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 80787 2011-05-09T16:32:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20788 2024-09-15T09:53:05.726736 application/rdf+xml 11115 2024-09-15T09:52:59.269792 image/jpeg 2971 2024-09-15T09:52:59.085833 image/jpeg 136744 2024-09-15T09:52:58.026803 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia