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The Three Robins
9 September, Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, Alloway. Free, ticketed.A talk on “The Three Robins: R. Burns, R. Fergusson and R. Louis Stevenson” presented by Prof David Purdie, MD. Medical Professor Emeritus & Honorary Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Edinburgh
#Scottish #literature #RobertBurns #RobertFergusson #RobertLouisStevenson #poetry #romanticism #18thcentury #19thcentury
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The Three Robins
9 September, Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, Alloway. Free, ticketed.A talk on “The Three Robins: R. Burns, R. Fergusson and R. Louis Stevenson” presented by Prof David Purdie, MD. Medical Professor Emeritus & Honorary Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Edinburgh
#Scottish #literature #RobertBurns #RobertFergusson #RobertLouisStevenson #poetry #romanticism #18thcentury #19thcentury
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Celestial Tea!—A fountain that can cure
The ills of passion, and can free the fair
From frowns and sighs, by Disappointment earn’d…—For International Tea Day: Robert Fergusson’s (1750–1774) “Tea. A Poem” takes a less than enthusiastic approach to the beverage
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #18thcentury #RobertFergusson #tea #InternationalTeaDay
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Celestial Tea!—A fountain that can cure
The ills of passion, and can free the fair
From frowns and sighs, by Disappointment earn’d…—For International Tea Day: Robert Fergusson’s (1750–1774) “Tea. A Poem” takes a less than enthusiastic approach to the beverage
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #18thcentury #RobertFergusson #tea #InternationalTeaDay
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Frae fields whare Spring her sweets has blawn
Wi’ caller verdure our the lawn,
The Gowdspink comes in new attire,
The brawest ’mang the whistling choir…—Robert Fergusson (1750–1774), “Ode to the Gowdspink”
from The Poetical Works of Robert Fergusson (Glasgow, 1800)#Scottish #literature #Scots #Scotslanguage #poem #poetry #18thcentury #RobertFergusson #Spring #birds #naturepoetry #goldfinch
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Frae fields whare Spring her sweets has blawn
Wi’ caller verdure our the lawn,
The Gowdspink comes in new attire,
The brawest ’mang the whistling choir…—Robert Fergusson (1750–1774), “Ode to the Gowdspink”
from The Poetical Works of Robert Fergusson (Glasgow, 1800)#Scottish #literature #Scots #Scotslanguage #poem #poetry #18thcentury #RobertFergusson #Spring #birds #naturepoetry #goldfinch
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For #BurnsNight : "heaven-sent" Fergusson, inspiration to Burns, lies in the Canongate Kirk. His headstone erected by Burns; years later RL Stevenson planned to restore it. One memorial, three Scots writers, all Roberts.
A wee piece of history https://www.flickr.com/photos/woolamaloo_gazette/3442828274/in/pool-791272@N20/lightbox/
#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #RobertBurns #RobertLouisStevenson #RobertFergusson #Poet #poetry #writer #auteur #Bookstodon #photography #photographie #ScottishLiterature #Ecosse #Scotland
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For #BurnsNight : "heaven-sent" Fergusson, inspiration to Burns, lies in the Canongate Kirk. His headstone erected by Burns; years later RL Stevenson planned to restore it. One memorial, three Scots writers, all Roberts.
A wee piece of history https://www.flickr.com/photos/woolamaloo_gazette/3442828274/in/pool-791272@N20/lightbox/
#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #RobertBurns #RobertLouisStevenson #RobertFergusson #Poet #poetry #writer #auteur #Bookstodon #photography #photographie #ScottishLiterature #Ecosse #Scotland
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Ye’re stridin doon the Canongate, brent new
and lookin like ye’ve never been awa,
were never found curled deid upon the straw
in Bedlam’s cells…—James Robertson, “Fergusson’s Statue”
5/5
https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/fergussons-statue/
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #RobertFergusson #Scots #Scotslanguage #Edinburgh
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Ye’re stridin doon the Canongate, brent new
and lookin like ye’ve never been awa,
were never found curled deid upon the straw
in Bedlam’s cells…—James Robertson, “Fergusson’s Statue”
5/5
https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/fergussons-statue/
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #RobertFergusson #Scots #Scotslanguage #Edinburgh
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A bleary chiel, monger o targes an dirks
redds his windae. Neist Holyrood Kirka shop chock fu o fudge. Taxis
judder on the setts…—Kathleen Jamie, “At Robert Fergusson’s Grave”
published in the London Review of Books, 22 March 20014/5
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v23/n06/kathleen-jamie/at-robert-fergusson-s-grave
#Scottish #literature #poetry #RobertFergusson #Scots #Scotslanguage
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A bleary chiel, monger o targes an dirks
redds his windae. Neist Holyrood Kirka shop chock fu o fudge. Taxis
judder on the setts…—Kathleen Jamie, “At Robert Fergusson’s Grave”
published in the London Review of Books, 22 March 20014/5
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v23/n06/kathleen-jamie/at-robert-fergusson-s-grave
#Scottish #literature #poetry #RobertFergusson #Scots #Scotslanguage
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Prof Rhona Brown looks at how Fergusson’s death had “not only a profound effect on a key figure in Edinburgh’s medical establishment but also a lasting influence on the therapeutic & psychiatric treatment available in the city”
3/5
#Scottish #literature #poetry #18thcentury #RobertFergusson #HistoryofMedicine #psychiatry #Edinburgh
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Prof Rhona Brown looks at how Fergusson’s death had “not only a profound effect on a key figure in Edinburgh’s medical establishment but also a lasting influence on the therapeutic & psychiatric treatment available in the city”
3/5
#Scottish #literature #poetry #18thcentury #RobertFergusson #HistoryofMedicine #psychiatry #Edinburgh
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‘The night is young,’ they said, ‘it’s only nine.
We’ve brought a carriage for you, see, it’s there.
What your blue devils need is a wheen wine…’—Edwin Morgan, “In the Cells: i.m. Robert Fergusson, 1750–1774”
published in HEAVEN-TAUGHT FERGUSSON, ed. Robert Crawford (Tuckwell Press 2003)2/5
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‘The night is young,’ they said, ‘it’s only nine.
We’ve brought a carriage for you, see, it’s there.
What your blue devils need is a wheen wine…’—Edwin Morgan, “In the Cells: i.m. Robert Fergusson, 1750–1774”
published in HEAVEN-TAUGHT FERGUSSON, ed. Robert Crawford (Tuckwell Press 2003)2/5
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Robert Fergusson (1750–1774) died #OTD, 17 Oct, aged just 24. Notable for his poetry in both Scots & English, his works include “Auld Reikie”, “The Daft Days”, & “Hallow Fair”. His legacies are broad, from the literary & cultural to the medical.
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https://robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk
#Scottish #literature #poetry #18thcentury #RobertFergusson #Scots #Scotslanguage
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Robert Fergusson (1750–1774) died #OTD, 17 Oct, aged just 24. Notable for his poetry in both Scots & English, his works include “Auld Reikie”, “The Daft Days”, & “Hallow Fair”. His legacies are broad, from the literary & cultural to the medical.
1/5
https://robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk
#Scottish #literature #poetry #18thcentury #RobertFergusson #Scots #Scotslanguage
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… while Amy Wilcockson offers a palate cleanser of “Oysters and Aqua Vitae: Food and Drink in Robert Fergusson’s Poems”, washed down with a Tavern Rat cocktail brewed especially for the 250th anniversary of Fergusson’s death …
5/6#Scottish #literature #cooking #food #WorldFoodDay #RobertFergusson #poetry #18thcentury
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… while Amy Wilcockson offers a palate cleanser of “Oysters and Aqua Vitae: Food and Drink in Robert Fergusson’s Poems”, washed down with a Tavern Rat cocktail brewed especially for the 250th anniversary of Fergusson’s death …
5/6#Scottish #literature #cooking #food #WorldFoodDay #RobertFergusson #poetry #18thcentury
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“O’er a’ my labours sey your skill”
10 Sep, University of Glasgow – freeIn this new poetry collection, across Scots, Gaelic and English, a wealth of contemporary poets respond to the work of the 18th-century Edinburgh poet Robert Fergusson.
This celebration will include readings of Fergusson's poetry, poets reading their own works responding to Fergusson, & discussion of Fergusson's life & legacy.
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“O’er a’ my labours sey your skill”
10 Sep, University of Glasgow – freeIn this new poetry collection, across Scots, Gaelic and English, a wealth of contemporary poets respond to the work of the 18th-century Edinburgh poet Robert Fergusson.
This celebration will include readings of Fergusson's poetry, poets reading their own works responding to Fergusson, & discussion of Fergusson's life & legacy.
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Commemorating and Editing Robert Fergusson at the 250th Anniversary of his Birth
18 March, University of Aberdeen & online – freeA talk by Professor Rhona Brown of the University of Glasgow
@litstudies
https://www.abdn.ac.uk/riiss/news-events/events/21986/#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #Scots #Scotslanguage #poetry #RobertFergusson
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Commemorating and Editing Robert Fergusson at the 250th Anniversary of his Birth
18 March, University of Aberdeen & online – freeA talk by Professor Rhona Brown of the University of Glasgow
@litstudies
https://www.abdn.ac.uk/riiss/news-events/events/21986/#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #Scots #Scotslanguage #poetry #RobertFergusson
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Robert Fergusson: Poet, Prodigal Son, or Tavern Rat?
This year marks the 250th anniversary of the death of poet Robert Fergusson. Join Professor Rhona Brown, Professor of Scottish Textual Cultures at the University of Glasgow, & Scottish National Portrait Gallery curator Liz Louis as they discuss the life, death & artistic networks of Edinburgh’s unofficial poet laureate.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjeoOXUQVXg
#Scottish #literature #poetry #portrait #history #18thcentury #Edinburgh #RobertFergusson
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Robert Fergusson: Poet, Prodigal Son, or Tavern Rat?
This year marks the 250th anniversary of the death of poet Robert Fergusson. Join Professor Rhona Brown, Professor of Scottish Textual Cultures at the University of Glasgow, & Scottish National Portrait Gallery curator Liz Louis as they discuss the life, death & artistic networks of Edinburgh’s unofficial poet laureate.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjeoOXUQVXg
#Scottish #literature #poetry #portrait #history #18thcentury #Edinburgh #RobertFergusson
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The Legacy of Robert Fergusson
Lantern Scottish Poetry podcast – episode 7Marking the 250th anniversary of Robert Fergusson’s death, Kathleen Jamie, Ally Heather & Robert Crawford discuss the poet’s life & work, & his influence on Scottish literature
Listen to all episodes free online on the Scottish Poetry Library website:
https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/podcast/lantern-scottish-poetry-hosted-by-kathleen-jamie/
#Scottish #literature #poetry #podcast #18thcentury #RobertFergusson
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The Legacy of Robert Fergusson
Lantern Scottish Poetry podcast – episode 7Marking the 250th anniversary of Robert Fergusson’s death, Kathleen Jamie, Ally Heather & Robert Crawford discuss the poet’s life & work, & his influence on Scottish literature
Listen to all episodes free online on the Scottish Poetry Library website:
https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/podcast/lantern-scottish-poetry-hosted-by-kathleen-jamie/
#Scottish #literature #poetry #podcast #18thcentury #RobertFergusson
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Ye’re stridin doon the Canongate, brent new
and lookin like ye’ve never been awa,
were never found curled deid upon the straw
in Bedlam’s cells; ye’re twenty-fower and fou –
no claret-fou, but o yersel and life…—James Robertson, “Fergusson’s Statue”
5/5
https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/fergussons-statue/
#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #RobertFergusson #poet #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage
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Ye’re stridin doon the Canongate, brent new
and lookin like ye’ve never been awa,
were never found curled deid upon the straw
in Bedlam’s cells; ye’re twenty-fower and fou –
no claret-fou, but o yersel and life…—James Robertson, “Fergusson’s Statue”
5/5
https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/fergussons-statue/
#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #RobertFergusson #poet #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage
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A bleary chiel, monger o targes an dirks
redds his windae. Neist Holyrood Kirka shop chock fu o fudge. Taxis
judder on the setts…—Kathleen Jamie, “At Robert Fergusson’s Grave”
published in the London Review of Books, 22 March 20014/5
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v23/n06/kathleen-jamie/at-robert-fergusson-s-grave
#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #RobertFergusson #poet #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage
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A bleary chiel, monger o targes an dirks
redds his windae. Neist Holyrood Kirka shop chock fu o fudge. Taxis
judder on the setts…—Kathleen Jamie, “At Robert Fergusson’s Grave”
published in the London Review of Books, 22 March 20014/5
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v23/n06/kathleen-jamie/at-robert-fergusson-s-grave
#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #RobertFergusson #poet #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage
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Memorialising the Death & Legacy of Robert Fergusson: Romantic Sympathy & Enlightenment Medical Improvement
Professor Rhona Brown looks at how Fergusson’s death had “not only a profound effect on a key figure in Edinburgh’s medical establishment but also a lasting influence on the therapeutic and psychiatric treatment available in the city”
3/5
#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #RobertFergusson #poet #poetry #enlightenment #medicalhumanities #psychiatry
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Memorialising the Death & Legacy of Robert Fergusson: Romantic Sympathy & Enlightenment Medical Improvement
Professor Rhona Brown looks at how Fergusson’s death had “not only a profound effect on a key figure in Edinburgh’s medical establishment but also a lasting influence on the therapeutic and psychiatric treatment available in the city”
3/5
#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #RobertFergusson #poet #poetry #enlightenment #medicalhumanities #psychiatry
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‘The night is young,’ they said, ‘it’s only nine.
We’ve brought a carriage for you, see, it’s there.
What your blue devils need is a wheen wine…’—Edwin Morgan, “In the Cells: i.m. Robert Fergusson, 1750–1774”
in HEAVEN-TAUGHT FERGUSSON, ed. Robert Crawford (Tuckwell Press 2003)2/5
#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #RobertFergusson #poet #poetry #EdwinMorgan
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‘The night is young,’ they said, ‘it’s only nine.
We’ve brought a carriage for you, see, it’s there.
What your blue devils need is a wheen wine…’—Edwin Morgan, “In the Cells: i.m. Robert Fergusson, 1750–1774”
in HEAVEN-TAUGHT FERGUSSON, ed. Robert Crawford (Tuckwell Press 2003)2/5
#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #RobertFergusson #poet #poetry #EdwinMorgan
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Robert Fergusson (1750–1774) died 250 years ago #OTD, 17 October, aged just 24. Notable for his poetry in both Scots & English, his works include “Auld Reikie”, “The Daft Days”, & “Hallow Fair”. His legacies are broad, from the literary & cultural to the medical.
1/5
https://robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk
#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #RobertFergusson #poet #poetry
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Robert Fergusson (1750–1774) died 250 years ago #OTD, 17 October, aged just 24. Notable for his poetry in both Scots & English, his works include “Auld Reikie”, “The Daft Days”, & “Hallow Fair”. His legacies are broad, from the literary & cultural to the medical.
1/5
https://robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk
#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #RobertFergusson #poet #poetry
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Commemorating & Editing Robert Fergusson (1750–1774)
22 Oct, University of Glasgow & online – freeProf Rhona Brown discusses the life, legacy & editing of Robert Fergusson – Robert Burns’s “elder brother in the Muse”
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Commemorating & Editing Robert Fergusson (1750–1774)
22 Oct, University of Glasgow & online – freeProf Rhona Brown discusses the life, legacy & editing of Robert Fergusson – Robert Burns’s “elder brother in the Muse”
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Celebrating Robert Fergusson
Robert Burns called Robert Fergusson (1750–1774) “my elder brother in the Muse”. In this podcast, Prof Rhona Brown & Dr Amy Wilcockson share their insights into Fergusson’s life, works & legacy – listen free online, & hear extracts of his work read by Billy Kay & James Robertson
https://www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/arts/aboutus/socialmedia/podcast/headline_1117266_en.html
#Scottish #literature #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage #18thcentury #RobertFergusson
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Celebrating Robert Fergusson
Robert Burns called Robert Fergusson (1750–1774) “my elder brother in the Muse”. In this podcast, Prof Rhona Brown & Dr Amy Wilcockson share their insights into Fergusson’s life, works & legacy – listen free online, & hear extracts of his work read by Billy Kay & James Robertson
https://www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/arts/aboutus/socialmedia/podcast/headline_1117266_en.html
#Scottish #literature #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage #18thcentury #RobertFergusson
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The poetry of Robert Fergusson
Professor Rhona Brown discusses the poetry of Robert Fergusson (1750–1774) at our 2021 Schools Conference
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #18thcentury #Scots #ScotsLanguage #RobertFergusson
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The poetry of Robert Fergusson
Professor Rhona Brown discusses the poetry of Robert Fergusson (1750–1774) at our 2021 Schools Conference
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #18thcentury #Scots #ScotsLanguage #RobertFergusson
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Remembering Robert Fergusson
1 Oct, Mitchell Library, Glasgow – freeProfessor Rhona Brown will discuss the life & works of Robert Fergusson (1750–1774), whose tragically short life was nonetheless one of major literary achievement & influence
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #18thcentury #Scots #ScotsLanguage #RobertFergusson
3/3
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Remembering Robert Fergusson
1 Oct, Mitchell Library, Glasgow – freeProfessor Rhona Brown will discuss the life & works of Robert Fergusson (1750–1774), whose tragically short life was nonetheless one of major literary achievement & influence
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #18thcentury #Scots #ScotsLanguage #RobertFergusson
3/3
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AULD REIKIE, wale o’ ilka Town
That SCOTLAND kens beneath the Moon;
Whare couthy Chiels at E’ening meet
Their bizzing CRAIGS and MOUS to weet;
And blythly gar auld Care gae bye
Wi’ blinkit and wi’ bleering Eye …—Robert Fergusson, “Auld Reikie”
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #18thcentury #Scots #ScotsLanguage #RobertFergusson #Edinburgh
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AULD REIKIE, wale o’ ilka Town
That SCOTLAND kens beneath the Moon;
Whare couthy Chiels at E’ening meet
Their bizzing CRAIGS and MOUS to weet;
And blythly gar auld Care gae bye
Wi’ blinkit and wi’ bleering Eye …—Robert Fergusson, “Auld Reikie”
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #18thcentury #Scots #ScotsLanguage #RobertFergusson #Edinburgh
2/3
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Daft gowk, in macaroni dress,
Are ye come here to shaw your face,
Bowden wi’ pride o’ simmer gloss,
To cast a dash at Reikie’s cross…—“On Seeing a Butterfly in the Street”, by Robert Fergusson (1750–1774)
Robert Fergusson was born #OTD, 5 September. In his short life he did much to reinvigorate Scots-language poetry; Robert Burns named him “my elder brother in the Muse”.
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #18thcentury #Scots #ScotsLanguage #RobertFergusson #RobertBurns
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Daft gowk, in macaroni dress,
Are ye come here to shaw your face,
Bowden wi’ pride o’ simmer gloss,
To cast a dash at Reikie’s cross…—“On Seeing a Butterfly in the Street”, by Robert Fergusson (1750–1774)
Robert Fergusson was born #OTD, 5 September. In his short life he did much to reinvigorate Scots-language poetry; Robert Burns named him “my elder brother in the Muse”.
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #18thcentury #Scots #ScotsLanguage #RobertFergusson #RobertBurns
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Celebrating Robert Fergusson (1750–1774)
9 Sep–30 Oct, Mitchell Library, Glasgow. FreeEdinburgh poet Robert Fergusson (5 September 1750–17 October 1774) had a short life, but his textual, medical, linguistic & cultural legacies were significant, to the extent that #RobertBurns (1759–1796), often considered Scotland’s national poet, regarded Fergusson as his ‘elder brother in the muse’
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Celebrating Robert Fergusson (1750–1774)
9 Sep–30 Oct, Mitchell Library, Glasgow. FreeEdinburgh poet Robert Fergusson (5 September 1750–17 October 1774) had a short life, but his textual, medical, linguistic & cultural legacies were significant, to the extent that #RobertBurns (1759–1796), often considered Scotland’s national poet, regarded Fergusson as his ‘elder brother in the muse’
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CFP: Robert Fergusson’s Textual Legacies in the 250 Years Since his Death
6 Sep, University of Glasgow
Scholars & enthusiasts are invited to submit papers for a day symposium on the life, works & legacy of Scots poet Robert Fergusson#Scottish #literature #poetry #Scotslanguage #18thcentury #RobertFergusson
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CFP: Robert Fergusson’s Textual Legacies in the 250 Years Since his Death
6 Sep, University of Glasgow
Scholars & enthusiasts are invited to submit papers for a day symposium on the life, works & legacy of Scots poet Robert Fergusson#Scottish #literature #poetry #Scotslanguage #18thcentury #RobertFergusson
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CROWN OF STRAW
by Martin Travers
20–22 June, Biggar | Crawford | LeadhillsEdinburgh, 1774. Alone in a filthy cell, a young man pulls straw from his mattress & weaves a crown…
CROWN OF STRAW tells the extraordinary true story of Robert Fergusson, the trailblazing writer who inspired Robert Burns. This rehearsed reading celebrates the life of one of Scotland’s most important poets
#Scottish #literature #theatre #poetry #song #18thcentury #RobertFergusson
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CROWN OF STRAW
by Martin Travers
20–22 June, Biggar | Crawford | LeadhillsEdinburgh, 1774. Alone in a filthy cell, a young man pulls straw from his mattress & weaves a crown…
CROWN OF STRAW tells the extraordinary true story of Robert Fergusson, the trailblazing writer who inspired Robert Burns. This rehearsed reading celebrates the life of one of Scotland’s most important poets
#Scottish #literature #theatre #poetry #song #18thcentury #RobertFergusson
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CFP: Robert Fergusson’s Textual Legacies in the 250 Years Since his Death
6 September, University of Glasgow – freeThis symposium commemorates 250 years since the death of the influential #18thcentury #Scottish poet Robert Fergusson (1750–1774). Fergusson’s career was prolific: despite having only six creative years, Fergusson’s output of over one hundred #poems & #songs, in English & Scots, is substantial
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CFP: Robert Fergusson’s Textual Legacies in the 250 Years Since his Death
6 September, University of Glasgow – freeThis symposium commemorates 250 years since the death of the influential #18thcentury #Scottish poet Robert Fergusson (1750–1774). Fergusson’s career was prolific: despite having only six creative years, Fergusson’s output of over one hundred #poems & #songs, in English & Scots, is substantial