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Samuel Johnson, the Ossian fraud, and the Celtic revival in Great Britain and Ireland
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- Creator
- Thomas M. Curley
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009
- Physical Details
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- x, 338 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780521407472, 0521407478
- OCLC
- ocn297147061
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-326) and index.
- 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
Subjects
- Macpherson, James, 1736-1796. Ossian.
- Macpherson, James, 1736-1796 -- Criticism and interpretation -- History.
- Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 -- Knowledge -- Literature.
- Literary forgeries and mystifications -- History -- 18th century.
- Criticism -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
- English literature -- Celtic influences.
- Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.
- Ireland -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.