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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Curley, Thomas M.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Literary forgeries and mystifications > History > 18th century.
Macpherson, James, > 1736-1796. > Ossian.
Macpherson, James, > 1736-1796 > Criticism and interpretation > History.
Johnson, Samuel, > 1709-1784 > Knowledge > Literature.
Criticism > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Great Britain > Intellectual life > 18th century.
Ireland > Intellectual life > 18th century.
English literature > Celtic influences.
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.