Events: StAnza 2009
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StAnza 2009
StAnza 2009
Past Poets / Talks/Conversations
Poets of the Scottish Enlightenment & the 18th Century Gaelteachd
Talk: Robert Crawford & Angus Peter Campbell
This event took place on Sat 21 March
The Town Hall, Queens Gardens – Council Chamber
The Scottish Enlightenment was characterised by an outpouring of intellectual and scientific accomplishments and literature flourished. However the 18th century was a tumultuous time for Gaelic society and 18th Century Gaelic poetry has to be read and understood within this context. Join two of Scotland’s leading contemporary poets as they discuss Robert Burns and his lowland and Gaelic near contemporaries.