Robert Burns and Transatlantic Culture

Fourteen contributions are arranged under the broad themes of Burns's transatlantic concerns, New World print networks, reading Burns in the Americas, transatlantic cultural memory, and remediating Burns in transatlantic culture. A more specific sampling of topics: slavery as a political metaphor, the contemporary Scottish and American periodical press, Burns's political reputation in North America, and Robert Burns and the World Wide Web. The editors are affiliated as follows: Sharon Alker (Whitman College, US), Leith Davis (Simon Fraser U., Canada), and Holly Faith Nelson (Trinity Western U., Canada). Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Sharon Alker is Associate Professor of English at Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington. Leith Davis is Professor of English and Director of the Centre for Scottish Studies at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia. Holly Faith Nelson is Professor and Chair of English and Co-Director of the Gender Studies Institute at Trinity Western University in Langley, British Columbia.