Scotland's most revered poet, Burns was popular in his lifetime, in large part because the English literati regarded him (somewhat accurately) as an example of the "natural poet," close to nature and uncorrupted by urban civilization. Best known now as the author of "Auld Lang Syne".
Sites:
Robert Burns
Brief biographical note, a few Burns links, and an excellent selection of e-texts. [The Poetry Archive]
Burns Country
Could a URL like "robertburns.org" lead you astray? Not very likely. The place to go for all things Burns, including a good selection of e-texts, w/ further links to many things Scots...
Robert Burns
Biographical and contextual information, overview, good selection of images -- be sure not to miss the illustrations for "Tam O'Shanter." Recommended. [National Library of Scotland]
The Bard
"The" Bard of Scotland, at any rate. Biographical info, some texts, and a good look at the tradition of the Burns dinner and its main course, haggis. (You can have my share.:)
The Works of Robert Burns
Not just etexts, but biographical information and more. [Electric Scotland]
Robert Burns Bicentenary Exhibition
Brief discussions of many of Burns' works and their contexts of publication and creation. Lots of images, most of them bibliographic in nature, many of rather low quality. [Dept of Rare Books and Special Collections, U South Carolina Library]
Biographical note
[Writing Scotland; BBC]
World Burns Club
Etexts, discussion, essays, more...
Biographical note
[GaleGroup Publishing]
Brief biographical note
[Columbia Encyclopedia, Bartleby]
Brief biographical note
[John W. Cousins, A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, 1910]
Burns Hyper-Concordance
Part of the The Victorian Literary Studies Archive, this concordance allows you to search texts by Burns.
Portraits
[National Portrait Gallery, London]
