9780955724435 - Sir Patric Spens: The Background of the Ballad and the Vision of the Artist - Robert Burns, Limner von Lyle, Emily; Burnett, Charles; Purser, John; Macdonald, Murdo... (2 Ergebnisse)

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Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Robert Burns (illustrator). First Edition. 2014. 155pp, Colour and b&w illustrations. As new with no inscriptions. PLEASE NOTE: Heavyish book so extra may be needed for shipping to non-UK customers. "The Ballad of Sir Patric Spens is probably the best-known of traditional Scots Ballads. The artist Robert Burns (1869-1942) created an exceptionally strong version of the ballad, with striking illustrations and hand-lettering in a monastic script. Burns included the coats of arms of Scottish nobles who might have travelled with Spens on his fateful mission to "Norroway" to bring a princess home. The origins of the ballad are examined by Dr Emily Lyle, and Dr John Purser discusses its musical settings and the wave-like metre of the poetry; Charles Burnett, Ross Herald of the Lyon Court, has identified the artist's source for the coats of arms and the families to which they belonged; Prof Murdo Macdonald examines Burns' relationship with Sir Patric Geddes and his "Evergreen Magazine"; a biography of Burns by Martin Forrest identifies the artistic influences that affected Burns' life and work; a summary about the artist and the ballad is provided by Prof Michael Lynch. This volume concludes with a selected 'Gallery' of Burns' work, which demands recognition for Robert Burns with his contemporaries, "The Glasgow Boys"".