The Last Tavern

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Abstract

A poem in Scots describing Robert Burns encountering Robert Fergusson in an underworldly inn, commissioned as part of the celebrations and projects on the works and varied legacies of Robert Fergusson. https://robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk/legacy/submissions-invited-contemporary-responses-to-robert-fergusson-poetry-collection/ . This poetry collection is part of The Leverhulme Trust-funded research project ‘The Works of Robert Fergusson: Reconstructing Textual and Cultural Legacies’.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationContemporary Responses to Robert Fergusson
EditorsAmy Wilcockson
Place of PublicationEdinburgh
PublisherTaproot Press
Publication statusAccepted/In press - 2025

Keywords

  • Poetry
  • Robert Fergusson
  • Robert Burns
  • Scottish Literature
  • Scottish Poetry
  • Scotland
  • Scots
  • Dante
  • Otherworld
  • Inferno
  • Underworld
  • Death
  • Habbie
  • Hell

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