International Companion to James Macpherson and The Poems of Ossian (International Companions to Scottish Literature)

James Macpherson's Poems of Ossian , first published from 1760 as Fragments of Ancient Poetry , were the literary sensation of the age. Attacked by Samuel Johnson and others as "forgeries," nonetheless the poems enthralled readers around the world, attracting rapturous admiration from figures as diverse as Goethe, Diderot, Jefferson, Bonaparte and Mendelssohn. This International Companion examines the social, political and philosophical context of the poems, their disputed origins, their impact on world literature, and the various critical afterlives of Macpherson and of his literary works. Cover Half Title, Series Titles, Title Page, Copyright Contents Series Editors¬タル Preface A Brief Biography of James Macpherson Introduction 1. The Correspondence of James Macpherson 2. Ossian and the Gaelic World 3. Ossian and the State of Translation in the Scottish Enlightenment 4. Nostalgic Ossian and the Transcreation of the Scottish Nation 5. Landscape and the Sense of Place in The Poems of Ossian 6. Ossian¬タルs Impact on the Discovery of Ancient Scandianvian Literature 7. The Significance of James Macpherson¬タルs Ossian for Visual Arts 8. Macpherson¬タルs Iliad and the Logic of Literary Primitivism 9. Principles, Prejudices, and the Politics of James Macpherson¬タルs Historical Writing Endnotes Further Reading Notes on Contributors Index Back cover This International Companion examines the social, political and philosophical context of Macpherson's ""poems of Ossian"", their disputed origins, their impact on world literature, and the various critical afterlives of Macpherson and his creations