The International Companion to James Macpherson and the Poems of Ossian
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
International Companions to Scottish Literature
ISBN-10
1908980192
ISBN-13
9781908980199
Publisher
Association for Scottish Literary Studies
Imprint
Scottish Literature International
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 21st, 2017
Print length
256 Pages
Weight
312 grams
Dimensions
15.80 x 23.30 x 1.90 cms
Product Classification:
Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800Literary studies: poetry & poets
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This International Companion examines the social, political and philosophical context of Macpherson''s "poems of Ossian", their disputed origins, their impact on world literature, and the various critical afterlives of Macpherson and his creations.
James Macpherson''s "poems of Ossian", first published from 1760 as Fragments of Ancient Poetry, were the literary sensation of the age. Attacked by Samuel Johnson and others as "forgeries", nonetheless the poems enthralled readers around the world, attracting rapturous admiration from such figures as diverse as Goethe, Diderot, Jefferson, Bonaparte and Mendelssohn. This International Companion examines the social, political and philosophical context of the poems, their disputed origins, their impact on world literature, and the various critical afterlives of Macpherson and of "Ossian".
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