James Orr, Poet and Irish Radical

Carol Baraniuk

James Orr (1770–1816) was the foremost of the Ulster Weaver poets. He wrote in both Scots and English and has been favourably compared to his near contemporary Robert Burns. A radical and a lifelong supporter of the Society of United Irishmen, Orr took part in the Rebellion of 1798, after which he fled for a period of self-imposed exile in America. Baraniuk looks at Orr's life and work, examining the changing social, political and theological context of his writing and reassessing his contribution to radical literature and culture during the Romantic era.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

CONTENTS
pp v-vi

Acknowledgements
pp vii-x

List of Figures
pp xi-xi

Dedication
pp xii-xii

Introduction
pp 1-6

1 - Critical Reception and Canonicity
pp 7-24

2 - Raising a Radical: Orr, Ballycarry and '98: James Orr (1770–98)
pp 25-42

3 - The Construction of the Bard of Ballycarry: James Orr (1798–1804)
pp 43-60

4 - Bard in Residence: James Orr (1804–16)
pp 61-80

5 - Rude Scotch Rhymer? Scottish Enlightenment Influences on James Orr
pp 81-100

6 - Men of Independent Mind: Ulster Scots Poets and the Scottish Tradition
pp 101-122

7 - The Rebel Experience
pp 123-142

8 - The Robert Burns of Ulster?
pp 143-164

9 - Enlightened Romantic
pp 165-186

Conclusion
pp 187-192

Notes
pp 193-218

Works Cited
pp 219-228

Index
pp 229-238

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