Introduction, with a brief history of Burns's relation of literary canons
Rob . Burness to Poet Burns: Bard, interrupted
"If thou indeed derive thy light from Heaven': Wordsworth responds to Burns
Highlands: Burns, Lady Nairne and national song
Three drunk men: Visionary midnight in Robert Fergusson, Burns and Hugh MacDiarmid
Epilogue: Burns and Aphorism; or Poetry into Proverb.
Reading Robert Burns : texts, contexts, transformations by Carol McGuirk. ISBN 9781848935198. Published by Pickering & Chatto in 2014. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.