The Burns Chronicle is a dedicated platform for the rich, international research on Robert Burns (1759-96) which is happening in the 21st century. Published continuously since the 1890s, the Burns Chronicle is the oldest journal of Scottish literature in the world. Now published by Edinburgh University Press as a peer-reviewed publication, it has reached 130 years of unbroken history A journal that presents a dedicated platform for the rich, international research on Robert Burns (1759-96) which is happening in the 21st century. Scotland’s national ‘bard’ is a major poet and song-writer of the late eighteenth-century. His output is the site of long and intense interest from the perspectives of literary criticism, musicology and also historical and cultural studies. Questions of Scottish and Romantic identity and of the political culture of the late eighteenth-century western world surround his output. This scrutiny includes attention to his status as a public figure in his lifetime and as an icon posthumously. Debates around the significance of Burns abound in a rich commemorative ‘afterlife’ with the phenomena of the public celebration of the writer’s legacy, the worldwide reception and also performance of songs, poetry and other commemorative acts over the past 225 years. The ‘ownership’ of Burns including a popular movement, the ‘Burns Movement’ with many Burns Clubs across five different continents is an area that makes Burns one of the most mobile of historical figures, as well as one whose significance has been continuously contested. Of import across a number of academic fields, including also publishing, book history, and translation studies, the materiality of Burns (‘Burnsiana’) is likewise pertinent in the context of the heritage and museum worlds.

Burns Chronicle (BC) is :

International, Peer-Reviewed, Open Access, Refereed, Scottish Literature, Literary Studies, Eighteenth-Century Studies, Romanticism, Cultural History, Musicology, Political History, Public History, Book History, Translation Studies, Heritage Studies, Museum Studies, Commemorative Studies, Interdisciplinary Humanities , Online or Print, Bi-Annual Journal

UGC Approved, ISSN Approved: P-ISSN - 1365-7518, E-ISSN - 2634-7059, Established in - 1892, Impact Factor

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