Robert Fergusson's Scots Poetry

Abstract

THAT DR T. C. SMOUT in his highly praised A History of the Scottish People, 1560–1830 (1969) felt able to dismiss Robert Fergusson (‘the dissipated son of an Edinburgh clerk’) with the verdict ‘nothing more serious than the celebration of food and drink was ever his business’ indicates yet again the continuing depreciation that, with honourable exceptions, has been Fergusson's critical fate since his bourgeoning fame disappeared in the furore excited by the appearance of Burns.

Citation

Mackay, H.K. (1971), "Robert Fergusson's Scots Poetry", Library Review, Vol. 23 No. 3, pp. 92-95. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb020901