Enlightenment and romance in James Macpherson's The poems of Ossian
Subtitle: myth, genre and cultural change
By: Dafydd Moore.
Series: Studies in early modern English literature
Publisher: Ashgate; Routledge
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 187
Subjects: Macpherson, James, 1736-1796.; Ossian, 3rd cent. -- In literature.; Literary forgeries and mystifications -- History -- 18th century.; Literary form -- History -- 18th century.; Mythology, Celtic, in literature.; Sentimentalism in literature.; Sublime, The, in literature.; Social change in literature.; Enlightenment -- Scotland.; Romanticism -- Scotland.
Description: "This study examines the relationship between enlightenment and romance through the work of James Macpherson and in particular The Poems of Ossian. By re-reading Macpherson's work in ways not restricted by the sterile and by now largely settled debates over authenticity, Moore establishes Ossian's credentials to be considered as romance, both in its manner of construction, its represented sensibility, and in its engagement with the potentialities and limitations of eighteenth-century discourses of sympathy and society."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-183) and index.
Based on author's thesis (doctoral).