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

Author/Creator:

Curley, Thomas M.

Publication/Creation:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009

Resource Type:

Book

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

Samuel Johnson, the Ossian fraud, and the Celtic revival in Great Britain and Ireland / Thomas M. Curley

Subjects/Genre

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

Description/Summary

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.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

x, 338 pages ; 24 cm

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

990023411710302486

ISBN:

0521407478 (hardback : alk. paper)
9780521407472 (hardback : alk. paper)

OCLC Number:

297147061

Barcode:

010001368459