About the Author

Patrick Scott retired from the University of South Carolina as Distinguished Professor of English, Emeritus, and Director of the Irvin Department of Rare Books & Special Collections, home of the G. Ross Roy Collection. Kenneth Simpson retired from the University of Strathclyde as Reader in English and Director of the Center for Scottish Cultural Studies, and has also been Honorary Professor of Burns Studies at the University of Glasgow and Neag Distinguished Professor of British Literature at the University of Connecticut.