Essays address the works of Robert Burns (1759-1796), and discuss, among other things, possible lost radical poems by Burns, Burnss biculturalism, his songs, his satires, his use of the Scottish flyting tradition, the nINET_HTMLeenth centurys disturbing cult of Burns, the poets self-representation in letters and poems, his representations of the body, William Wordsworths hostility to Burns, Burnss nationalism, the extraordinary cultural impact...