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Samuel Johnson, the Ossian Fraud, and the Celtic Revival in Great Britain and Ireland
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Artikel-Nr:
9781107425538
Veröffentl:
2014
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
10.02.2014
Seiten:
350
Autor:
Thomas M. Curley
Gewicht:
508 g
Format:
229x152x19 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Thomas M. Curley is Professor of English at Bridgewater State College, Massachusetts.
A detailed investigation of Johnson's response to the Ossian controversy, with a transcription of a rare anti-Ossian pamphlet he co-authored.
1. An introductory survey of scholarship on Ossian: why literary truth matters; 2. James Macpherson's violation of literary truth; 3. Johnson on truth, frauds, and folklore: in the company of Thomas Percy; 4. Searching for truth in the Highlands: Macpherson throws down the gauntlet; 5. Charles O'Conor and the Celtic Revival in Ireland; 6. Johnson and the Irish: more opposition to Ossian; 7. Johnson's last word on Ossian with William Shaw: a finale to controversy; Appendix: A Reply to Mr Clark (1782) by William Shaw in Association with Samuel Johnson; Bibliography; Index.