A01=Walter McGinty
Author_Walter McGinty
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Burns
Burns's Letter
Burns's Mind
Burns's Respect
Burns's Writing
Burns’s Letter
Burns’s Mind
Burns’s Respect
Burns’s Writing
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Christopher Smart
Church of Scotland history
Common Sense
comparative religious literature
Cotter's Saturday Night
Cotter’s Saturday Night
Cutty Stool
Dr Moore
Earliest Extant Letters
eighteenth-century belief
Eolian Harp
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Holy Fair
Holy Willie's Prayer
Holy Willie’s Prayer
J. Walter McGinty
Jolly Beggars
Jubilate Agno
Kirk Session
Lot's Wife
Lot’s Wife
Mary Midnight
Moira Dearnley
Mrs McLehose
Poetry
Religion
religious poetry analysis
Robert
Scottish Enlightenment
Scottish poet religious thought
Seatonian Prize
theological scepticism
Thou Be
Westminster Confession
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9781138714755
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 152 x 219mm
- Publication Date: 11 Nov 2019
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This title was first published in 2003. This text examines the role of religion in the life of the poet Robert Burns. Incorporating previously unexplored sources, and taking into consideration contemporary work on Burns, and on Scottish literature and history, author J. Walter McGinty presents an account of Burns's personal religion and the factors that helped to form it. McGinty begins by discussing the recurring themes in Burns's religious writings: a belief in a benevolent God; a hankering after, if not a hope, that there might be a life after death; and a sense of his own accountability. He then presents for comparison the religious poetry of two of Burns's contemporaries, William Cowper and Christopher Smart, usefully extending the discussion of Burns beyond the purely Scottish context. Finally, McGinty provides portraits of some of the ministers of "The Church of Scotland's Garland-A New Song", followed by an analysis of Burns's religious poetry.
