Talk:James Macpherson

message: It would be helpful to cite sources for the judgments in the following passage.  In particular, the claim that Macpherson's work did more than any other to bring about the romantic movement is, at best, highly debatable.
"But apart from the doubtful morality of his transactions he must still be regarded as one of the great Scottish writers. The varied sources of his work and its worthlessness as a transcript of actual Celtic poems do not alter the fact that he produced a work of art which by its deep appreciation of natural beauty and the melancholy tenderness of its treatment of the ancient legend did more than any single work to bring about the romantic movement in European, and especially in German, literature."  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikignomon (talk • contribs) 06:30, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That text is from the 1911 EB, link cited on the page. AllyD (talk) 19:11, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
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message: Quoting from the article "Lost in the controversy is the fact that many critics of Ossian's legitimacy praised MacPherson's talent for Gaelic poetry", first this needs citations and second, it ignores the introduction to the online version which points out that while a number of Gaelic speakers said they knew MacPherson's work from their youth, none of them could quote it, and also tells a story of a gaff in Gaelic that MacPherson made which was turned against him by the person he was talking to.  
Patrij (talk) 20:20, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  impartiality? 

message: Macpherson really was the colonial secretary in British West Florida. But I am skeptical of the claim that he was "London agent" to the Nawab of Arcot. This looks like a confusion between James Macpherson and Sir John Macpherson. — ℜob C. alias ÀLAROB 15:39, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Verify ties to India?  

message: Substituted at 19:27, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment comment

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message: The article opens with this statement: He was the first Scottish poet to gain an international reputation. It's flagged as needing a source since 2018. It's time for that sentence to go. Anybody who wants to add it back in can do so with a source. Until then? Deleted. -Gohst (talk) 09:02, 8 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  "He was the first Scottish poet to gain an international reputation." 

message: The author went to a junk  shop in Bridport.  He noticed a roll top desk. 61.3.46.248 (talk) 13:10, 5 September 2022 (UTC)
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