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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Burns without apologies
An excellent biography of the great Scottish poet and songwriter. It sits proudly on my bookshelf next to the Burns biography by Mackay. Much blather has been written about Burns, of course, and in a crowded field, I think these two books stand out. A worthwhile purchase.
Published on October 12, 1999
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Very good research, poor writing
The author performed an incredible amount of extensive research using primary sources. In _Dirt and Deity_ he also dispels many of the legends associated with Burns in the past. However, the book suffers a major shortcoming: the book is written like a stream of events, many of them unrelated, rather than in coherent phases. There are chapters, of course, but McIntyre...
Published on October 24, 2002
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Burns without apologies,
By A Customer
This review is from: Dirt and Deity: Life of Robert Burns (Paperback)
An excellent biography of the great Scottish poet and songwriter. It sits proudly on my bookshelf next to the Burns biography by Mackay. Much blather has been written about Burns, of course, and in a crowded field, I think these two books stand out. A worthwhile purchase.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Very good research, poor writing,
By A Customer
This review is from: Dirt and Deity: Life of Robert Burns (Paperback)
The author performed an incredible amount of extensive research using primary sources. In _Dirt and Deity_ he also dispels many of the legends associated with Burns in the past. However, the book suffers a major shortcoming: the book is written like a stream of events, many of them unrelated, rather than in coherent phases. There are chapters, of course, but McIntyre does not summarize or "re-cap" each one (or any of them, really). This leads to confusion and a lack of coherence in the reader's mind.
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Dirt and Deity: Life of Robert Burns by Ian McIntyre (Paperback - Feb. 1998)
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