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The poems of Ossian /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Macpherson, James, 1736-1796
Corporate Author: Charles E. Feinberg Collection of Walt Whitman (Library of Congress)
Other Authors: Blair, Hugh, 1718-1800
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1839.
Subjects:
Macpherson, James, > 1736-1796 > Authorship.
Ossian, > active 3rd century > Poetry.
Literary forgeries and mystifications > Early works to 1800.
Mythology, Celtic > Ireland > Poetry.
Bards and bardism > Poetry.
Celts > Poetry.
Faux et supercheries littéraires > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Mythologie celtique > Irlande > Poésie.
Bardes (Poètes) > Poésie.
Celtes > Poésie.
Macpherson, James, > 1736-1796
Ossian, > active 3rd century
Authorship
Bards and bardism
Celts
Literary forgeries and mystifications
Mythology, Celtic
Ireland
Printed books > 19th century > United States > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Specimens.
poetry.
Early works
Poetry
Poetry.
Poésie.
Description
Item Description:The poems are by Macpherson, who borrowed freely from legends. Cf. Wilpert, G. Lexikon der Weltlit., page 848.
The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature.
Physical Description:413 pages ; 24 cm
Also issued online.