Ebook: Performing Robert Burns: Enactments and Representations of the ‘National Bard’

Examines representations of Robert Burns and his work in a wide range of performance modes

• Examination of representation of Robert Burns and his work in a wide range of performance modes
• Analysis of ‘Robert Burns’ as a cultural performance rising from different representations of his work by different editors, composers, writers, performers and film-makers
• Fresh detailed studies of Burns as a performed and performative construct, exploring ways in which he is encountered as a living author
• Contributions by leading experts in music, drama, film and history as well as literature
• Perspectives on Burns songs offered by musical experts and leading performers

This book opens up fresh aspects of performance and performativity and their impact on our perception of Robert Burns and his work. Bringing together leading experts on music, song, drama, public ceremonial and literature, it studies Burns as a performed and performative construct. It explores ways in which he is encountered as a living author, setting the popularity of his poetry and songs in the context of his representation in popular culture. A key part of this volume’s attraction lies in the way it opens up fresh issues and aspects of performance and performativity and their impact on our perception of Robert Burns and his work.