Robert Burns and the Hellish Legion, Paperback / softback Book

Robert Burns and the Hellish Legion Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

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Devils, witches and evil - the insubstantial but terrifying world of the supernatural as it was seen by Robert Burns and his contemporaries is examined in this new book, brought out for the 250th anniversary of the poet's birth.

Several of Burns' poems dealt with the supernatural, the most famous of which, "Tam o Shanter", is examined in detail.

It is from this poem that the book's title comes: 'And roars out, "Weel done, Cutty-sark!" And in an instant all was dark And scarcely had he Maggie rallied When out the hellish legion sallied.' In contrast with the 'other world' was the everyday lives of the country people and the nature of the material world in which they lived; the book also examines this and the changes that were taking place in Burns' time.

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