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“It Is Said That Burns Was a Radical”: Contest, Concession, and the Political Legacy of Robert Burns, ca. 1796–1859

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Christopher A. Whatley
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Journal of British Studies , Volume 50 , Issue 3 , July 2011 , pp. 639 - 666
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