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The International Companion to James Macpherson and the Poems of Ossian
Dafydd Moore
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Paperback. James Macpherson's "poems of Ossian" were the literary sensation of the age, enthralling readers around the world. 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". Editor(s): Moore, Dafydd. Series: International Companions to Scottish Literature. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 158 x 233 x 19. Weight in Grams: 310.
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 .
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 .
Product Details
Publisher
Association for Scottish Literary Studies
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
International Companions to Scottish Literature
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Glasgow, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781908980199
SKU
V9781908980199
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About Dafydd Moore
Dafydd Moore is Professor of Eighteenth-Century Literature at the University of Plymouth.
Reviews for The International Companion to James Macpherson and the Poems of Ossian
This collection of essays sheds important new light on a uniquely experimental body of poetry that continues to bind together a complex of dislocations, re-mediations, transcreations, and, yes, translations: in the vagaries of language and on the surfaces of the page, the canvas, and the landscape.
Eric Gidal, University of Iowa
Translation and Literature 26/3
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Eric Gidal, University of Iowa
Translation and Literature 26/3
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