The Reception of Robert Burns in Europe

Robert Burns (1759 –1796), Scotland's national poet and pioneer of the Romantic Movement, has been hugely influential across Europe and indeed throughout the world. Burns has been translated seven times as often as Byron, with 21 Norwegian translations alone recorded since 1990; he was translated into German before the end of his short life, and was of key importance in the vernacular politics of central and Eastern Europe in the nineteenth century. This collection of essays by leading international scholars and translators traces the cultural impact of Burn's work across Europe and includes bibliographies of major translations of his work in each country covered, as well as a publication history and timeline of his reception on the continent.

Murray Pittock FRSE is Bradley Professor of English Literature at the University of Glasgow, UK, and has previously held chairs and other senior appointments at the universities of Manchester, Strathclyde and Edinburgh.

Series Editor's Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Contributors
Abbreviations
Timeline: European Reception of Robert Burns - Paul Barnaby (University of Edinburgh, UK)
Introduction: Robert Burns in Europe - Murray Pittock (University of Glasgow, UK)
1. German: German Literary Histories: Frauke Reitemeier (Goettingen University, Germany)
2. German: Swiss-German and the language issue: Silvia Mergenthal (University of Konstanz, Germany)
3. Russia: Natalia Vid (University of Maribor, Slovenia)
4. France: Dominique Delmaire (Lyon University)
5. Italy: TBC
6. Norway: TBC
7. Czech: Martin Procházka (Charles University, Prague)
8. Spain: Andrew Monnickendam (UA Barcelona, Spain)
9. Hungary: Zsuzsanna Varga (University of Glasgow, UK)
10. Slovenia: Valentina Bold (University of Glasgow, UK)
11. Balkans and former USSR: TBC
12. Finland: possibly Outi Pickering (University of Oxford)
13. Ireland: James Kelly (NUI Maynooth, Ireland)
14. Poland: Mirka Modrzewska (University of Gdansk), Poland
15. Musical Reception: Kirsteen McCue and Marjorie Rycroft (University of Glasgow, UK)
16. Burns in Public Commemoration and Celebration: Chris Whatley and Murdo MacDonald (University of Dundee, UK)
17. Burns and Ideas: Murray Pittock (University of Glasgow, UK) and Iain Galbraith
Bibliography
Index