Samuel Johnson, the Ossian fraud, and the Celtic revival in Great Britain and Ireland /

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 con...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Curley, Thomas M.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Macpherson, James, > 1736-1796. > Ossian.
Macpherson, James, > 1736-1796 > Criticism and interpretation > History.
Johnson, Samuel, > 1709-1784 > Knowledge > Literature.
Johnson, Samuel, > 1709-1784
Macpherson, James, > 1736-1796
Ossian (Macpherson, James)
1700-1799
Literary forgeries and mystifications > History > 18th century.
Criticism > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
English literature > Celtic influences.
Faux et supercheries littéraires > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Critique > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siècle.
POETRY > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Literature
Criticism
English literature > Celtic influences
Intellectual life
Literary forgeries and mystifications
Great Britain > Intellectual life > 18th century.
Ireland > Intellectual life > 18th century.
Grande-Bretagne > Vie intellectuelle > 18e siècle.
Irlande > Vie intellectuelle > 18e siècle.
Great Britain
Ireland
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • An introductory survey of scholarship on Ossian : why literary truth matters
  • James Macpherson's violation of literary truth
  • Johnson on truth, frauds, and folklore : in the company of Thomas Percy
  • Searching for truth in the Highlands : Macpherson throws down the gauntlet
  • Charles O'Conor and the Celtic Revival in Ireland
  • Johnson and the Irish : more opposition to Ossian
  • Johnson's last word on Ossian with William Shaw : a finale to controversy.

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