Editing Burns's Letters - Documentary Q&A

Centre for Robert Burns Studies

Join the CRBS team to discuss the new documentary exploring the editing of Robert Burns's letters for the new edition

The Centre for Robert Burns Studies are delighted to announce the release of the latest documentary in a series covering different aspects of the team&#x27;s work producing the new OUP edition of The Works of Robert Burns, funded by the AHRC.This documentary explores some of the stories emerging from editing Burns&#x27;s correspondence - new findings, amended datings, the joys and frustrations of working with manuscripts over 200 years old. For the first time, these volumes will publish correspondence to and from Burns side-by-side.The documentary is available to view at https://burnsc21-letters-poems.glasgow.ac.uk/documentaries/(You&#x27;ll also find the first documentary in the series - Fakers and Forgers - here).On Thursday 20th January at 5.30pm, join the team for a Q&amp;A session on editing Burns&#x27;s correspondence. The panel, chaired by Prof Kirsteen McCue, will include all team members featuring in the documentary - Dr. Carol Barniuk, Dr. Craig Lamont, Prof. Gerry Carruthers, Dr. Jim Caudle, Prof. Nigel Leask, Dr. Pauline Mackay, Dr. Ronnie Young and Dr. Rhona Brown.They&#x27;ll be discussing and taking your questions on the work for the correspondence volumes of the editions - the joys and excitements, the puzzles and mysteries, the frustrations and the challenges - and giving you more of an insight into how much these volumes will add to our understanding of Burns, his life and those he corresponded with.(It is recommended that you view the documentary beforehand, using the link above.)

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