Article
Burns's 'Farewell to the Brethren' (and the Sisters?)
Burns Chronicle for 2020
(2019)
Abstract
Traces the publication history of an additional non-Burnsian stanza to Burns's poem "Farewell to the Brethren of St. James's Lodge Tarbolton," through American masonic collections and newspapers, and discusses the invisibility of such material in the standard Burns bibliographical records.
Keywords
- Robert Burns,
- Scottish poetry,
- Burns apocrypha,
- Burns in America,
- Burns & Freemasonry
Disciplines
Publication Date
December 10, 2019
Citation Information
Patrick Scott. "Burns's 'Farewell to the Brethren' (and the Sisters?)" Burns Chronicle for 2020 Vol. 129 (2019) p. 64 - 67 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/patrick_scott/359/