Critical observations on the writings of the most celebrated original geniuses in poetry
By: Being a sequel to the Essay on original genius / By W. Duff, A.M.
Series: Library of English literature -- LEL 11542.
Publisher: Printed for T. Becket, and P.A. De Hondt
Published: 1770
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 366
Subjects: Homer; Ossian, -- 3rd cent; Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616; Spenser, Edmund, -- 1552?-1599; Milton, John, -- 1608-1674; Ariosto, Lodovico, -- 1474-1533; Tasso, Torquato, -- 1544-1595; Poetry -- History and criticism; Drama -- History and criticism
Notes: A sequel to An essay on original genius and its various modes of exertion in philosophy and the fine arts, particularly in poetry, anonymously published London, 1767.

Duff cites Hugh Blair (1718-1800) as an authority on Ossian, a Gaelic hero and supposed poet of the third century A. D. Blair urged James MacPherson (1736-1796) to publish his purported translations of Ossian's poetry. It is generally held that while the poems are based on fragments of ancient Gaelic poetry, they are original compositions by MacPherson. cf. Dictionary of national biography.

Microfiche. Chicago, Ill. Library Resources, inc., 1976. 1 microfiche : positive ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of English literature, LEL 11542)

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Table of contents: title: Of Homer. - Of Ossian. - Of Shakespeare. - Of Spenser. - Of Milton. - Of Ariosto. - Of Tasso. - Of the effects of genius on the temper and character, and of the advantages and disadvantages attending the possession of it.