英国文学史及选读---PartVIThe18thCentury7.pptVIP

Part VI. The 18th Century 7 Robert Burns My Love Is Like A red , Red Rose I．A brief introduction to Burn’s life and career Poet Born: 25 January 1759 Birthplace: Alloway, Scotland Died: 21 July 1796 Best Known As: Scotlands most famous poet Robert Burns Robert Burns Burn’s cottage Burn’s statue Burn’s statue and works Major works Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect 苏格兰方言诗集名诗： The Tree of Liberty 自由村; Scots Wha-Hae 苏格兰人; The Two Dogs 两只狗; Holy Willie’s Prayer 威利长老的祈祷; My Heart’s in the Highlands 我的心呀在高原; A Red,Red Rose 一朵红红的玫瑰; John Anderson My Jo 约翰·安德生; A Man’s A Man for A’That 不管身在何处都须保持尊严 A brief introduction to Burn’s life and career Long considered the national poet of Scotland, Robert Burns is the author of Auld Lang Syne, To A Mouse and Tam o Shanter. Raised in a poor family of farmers, Burns was nonetheless educated in literature and began writing verse when he was a teenager. His father died in 1784 and Burns tried to make a go of it as a farmer, but found more success with poetry. To raise money to emigrate to Jamaica, he published a collection called Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect in Kilmarnock in 1786. The collection sold well and boosted his reputation among the literati, so Burns decided to stay in Scotland. A brief introduction to Burn’s life and career He toured the country, published another edition in Edinburgh (1787) and joined James Johnson in publishing The Scots Musical Museum, a collection of Scottish folk songs. Burns is credited with collecting, revising and adapting hundreds of traditional songs, and his original poems brought international attention to Scottish language and culture. Although Burns became a well-known poet and a favorite native son, he still had to work for a living. He settled in Dumfries, where he worked as an excise agent while continuing to write. A brief introduction to Burn’s life and career Despite his early death at the age of 37 (he had an unhealthy heart, it seems), Burns produced