{"product_id":"before-burns-9781841952536","title":"Before Burns","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis superb anthology offers a lively and indispensable collection of  poems and songs from the eighteenth century. Here are the poets who  created the literary tradition of vernacular directness which Burns drew  upon and shared.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBefore Burns\u003c\/i\u003e includes a substantial  selection from the work of Allan Ramsay and Robert Ferguson (Burns's  'elder brother in the muse'), as well as a wider selection from the men  and women writers whose good-humoured accessibility so characterised the  poetry of their time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMacLachlan's excellent introduction also  puts these works in perspective and makes a case for a linguistic  confidence, rather than insecurity, in their vigorous use of English and  Scots.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Christopher Maclachlan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48281380946171,"sku":"9781841952536","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781841952536_a826bb11-71c9-4e4b-ac7d-d121e7d4057c.jpg?v=1772487443","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/before-burns-9781841952536","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}