Thomas M. Curley

Samuel Johnson, the Ossian Fraud, and the Celtic Revival in Great Britain and Ireland

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Produktbeschreibung

A detailed investigation of Johnson's response to the Ossian controversy, with a transcription of a rare anti-Ossian pamphlet he co-authored.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 508g
• ISBN-13: 9781107425538
• ISBN-10: 1107425530
• Artikelnr.: 40718802

Autorenporträt

Thomas M. Curley is Professor of English at Bridgewater State College, Massachusetts.

Inhaltsangabe

1. An introductory survey of scholarship on Ossian: why literary truth matters
2. James Macpherson's violation of literary truth
3. Johnson on truth, frauds, and folklore: in the company of Thomas Percy
4. Searching for truth in the Highlands: Macpherson throws down the gauntlet
5. Charles O'Conor and the Celtic Revival in Ireland
6. Johnson and the Irish: more opposition to Ossian
7. Johnson's last word on Ossian with William Shaw: a finale to controversy
Appendix: A Reply to Mr Clark (1782) by William Shaw in Association with Samuel Johnson
Bibliography
Index.