In this Book
- International Companion to James Macpherson and The Poems of Ossian
- 2017
- Book
- Published by: Association for Scottish Literary Studies
- Series: International Companions to Scottish Literature

summary
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 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 his literary works.
Table of Contents
- Series Editors’ Preface
- pp. vii-viii
- Introduction
- pp. 1-13
- 2. Ossian and the Gaelic World
- pp. 26-38
- Further Reading
- pp. 169-172
- Notes on Contributors
- pp. 173-174
Additional Information
ISBN
9781908980205
Related ISBN(s)
9781908980199
MARC Record
OCLC
973536185
Pages
198
Launched on MUSE
2017-03-03
Language
English
Open Access
No