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Title The reception of Ossian in Europe / edited by Howard Gaskill
Published London ; New York : Thoemmes Continuum, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (lxviii, 452 pages)
Series The Athlone critical traditions series: The reception of British authors in Europe ; v. 5
Athlone critical traditions series ; v. 5.
Contents Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; Abbreviations: Primary Ossianic Texts; Timeline of Ossian's European Reception; Introduction: 'Genuine poetry ... like gold'; 1 The Reception of The Poems of Ossian in England and Scotland; 2 The Sublime Gael: The Impact of Macpherson's Ossian on Literary Creativity and Cultural Perception in Gaelic Scotland; 3 Ossian in Wales and Brittany; 4 'We know all these poems': The Irish Response to Ossian; 5 Ossian and the Rise of Literary Historicism; 6 Chateaubriand's Ossian
Summary The intellectual scope and cultural impact of British writers cannot be assessed without reference to their European fortunes. This collection of 20 essays, prepared by an international team of scholars, critics and translators, records the ways in which Macpherson's Ossian has been received, translated and published in different areas of Europe. The Ossian poems caused a sensation on their first appearance in the 1760s. Indeed, there is hardly a major Romantic poet on whom they failed to make a significant impression. The essays brought together in this volume explore the reception of Ossian
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-439) and index
Notes English
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Subject Macpherson, James, 1736-1796. Ossian.
Macpherson, James, 1736-1796 -- Influence
Macpherson, James, 1736-1796 -- Appreciation -- Europe
Macpherson, James, 1736-1796 -- Translations -- History and criticism
Ossian, active 3rd century -- In literature
SUBJECT Macpherson, James, 1736-1796 fast
Ossian, active 3rd century fast
Ossian (Macpherson, James) fast
Subject Literary forgeries and mystifications -- History -- 18th century
European literature -- Scottish influences
Mythology, Celtic, in literature.
Celts in literature.
POETRY -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Art appreciation
Celts in literature
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Literary forgeries and mystifications
Literature
Mythology, Celtic, in literature
Translations
Letterkunde.
Gaelic (Schots)
Receptie.
Europe
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
Author Gaskill, Howard.
ISBN 9781847143013
1847143016
9780826461353
0826461352
1281298735
9781281298737
9786611298739
6611298738