Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German writer who translated some of Macpherson 's work into German and included it in his novel The Sorrows of Young Werther during a climatic scene .
Howard Gaskill , The reception of Ossian in Europe ( 2004 ) Many writers were influenced by the works , including the young Walter Scott and the German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , whose own German translation of a portion of Macpherson 's work figures prominently in a climactic scene of The Sorrows of Young Werther ( 1774 ) .The poem was as much admired in Hungary as in France and Germany ; Hungarian János Arany wrote `` Homer and Ossian '' in response , and several other Hungarian writers – Baróti Szabó , Csokonai , Sándor Kisfaludy , Kazinczy , Kölcsey , Ferenc Toldy , and Ágost Greguss , were also influenced by it .
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