Author: George Fraser BlackPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary forgeries and mystifications
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Macpherson's Ossian and the Ossianic Controversy
Author: George Fraser BlackPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary forgeries and mystifications
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Samuel Johnson, the Ossian Fraud, and the Celtic Revival in Great Britain and Ireland
Author: Thomas M. CurleyPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 113947734X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
James Macpherson's famous hoax, publishing his own poems as the writings of the ancient Scots bard Ossian in the 1760s, remains fascinating to scholars as the most successful literary fraud in history. This study presents the fullest investigation of his deception to date, by looking at the controversy from the point of view of Samuel Johnson. Johnson's dispute with Macpherson was an argument with wide implications not only for literature, but for the emerging national identities of the British nations during the Celtic revival. Thomas M. Curley offers a wealth of genuinely new information, detailing as never before Johnson's involvement in the Ossian controversy, his insistence on truth-telling, and his interaction with others in the debate. The appendix reproduces a rare pamphlet against Ossian written with the assistance of Johnson himself. This book will be an important addition to knowledge about both the Ossian controversy and Samuel Johnson.
Bulletin of the New York Public Library
Author: Bulletin of the New York Public Library
Author: New York Public LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1044
Book Description
Includes its Report, 1896-19 .
Book Bulletin
Author: Chicago Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 652
Book Description
... Special Reference Library of Books Relating to the Blind
Author: Perkins School for the Blind. LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Blind
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
James Macpherson's Ossian
Author: James MacphersonThe Northern Element in English Literature
Author: William CraigiePublisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442637773
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 105
Book Description
In 1931, Sir William Craigie gave the Alexander Lectures in English at the University of Toronto entitled The Northern Element in English Literature with a focus on proving the existence of a Northern literary culture, comparing English literature with Northern literature, especially that of the Scottish and Scandinavians. The book is divided into four lectures.
Weep Not for Me
Author: Deborah A. SymondsPublisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 027104232X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
The London Mercury
Author: Sir John Collings SquirePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 718
Book Description