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1 online resource (x, 338 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-326) and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Macpherson, James, 1736-1796. Ossian.
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Macpherson, James, 1736-1796 -- Criticism and interpretation -- History.
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Macpherson, James, 1736-1796. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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History. |
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Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 -- Knowledge and learning -- Literature.
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Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784. |
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Literature. |
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Ossian (Macpherson, James) |
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Literary forgeries and mystifications -- History -- 18th century.
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Literary forgeries and mystifications. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
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Criticism -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
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Criticism. |
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Great Britain. |
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Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.
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Intellectual life. |
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Ireland -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.
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Ireland. |
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English literature -- Celtic influences.
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English literature -- Celtic influences. |
| Chronological Term |
1700-1799 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Curley, Thomas M. Samuel Johnson, the Ossian fraud, and the Celtic revival in Great Britain and Ireland. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009 9780521407472 0521407478 (DLC) 2009000050 (OCoLC)297147061 |
| ISBN |
9780511534355 (electronic book) |
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0511534353 (electronic book) |
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9780521407472 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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0521407478 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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