Samuel Johnson, the Ossian fraud and the Celtic revival in Great Britain and Ireland
By: Thomas M. Curley.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9780521407472
Subjects: Macpherson, James, -- 1736-1796; Macpherson, James, -- 1736-1796 -- Criticism and interpretation -- History; Johnson, Samuel, -- 1709-1784 -- Knowledge -- Literature; Literary forgeries and mystifications -- History -- 18th century; Criticism -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century; English literature -- Celtic influences; Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 18th century; Ireland -- Intellectual life -- 18th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: An introductory survey of scholarship on Ossian: why literary truth matters; title: James MacPherson's violation of literary truth; title: Johnson on truth, frauds, and folklore: in the company of Thomas Percy; title: Searching for truth in the Highlands: MacPherson throws down the gauntlet; title: Charles O'Conor and the Celtic revival in Ireland; title: Johnson and the Irish: more opposition to Ossian; title: Johnson's last word on Ossian with William Shaw: a finale to controversy.