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 Ossian Receiving the Ghosts of Fallen French Heroes, Anne-Louis Girodet, 1805 |
Ossian is the narrator and purported author of a cycle of epic poems published by the Scottish poet James Macpherson from about 1760. He claimed to have collected word-of-mouth material in the Scots Gaelic said to be from ancient sources, and the work was his translation of that material. Ossian is based on Oisín, son of Finn or Fionn mac Cumhaill, anglicised to Finn McCool, a character from Irish mythology. Contemporary critics were divided in their view of the work's authenticity, but most now believe that Macpherson framed the poems himself, based old folk tales he had collected. The work was internationally popular and was influential in the development of the Romantic movement.
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| The Poetical Works of Ossian The Poetical Works of Ossian www.exclassics.com/ossian/ossintro.htm - Web |
| Selected Bibliography: James Macpherson and Ossian Selected Bibliography: James Macpherson and Ossian andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/C18/biblio/macpherson.html - Web |
| Literary Encyclopedia: Ossian Literary Encyclopedia: Ossian www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=1287 - Web |
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| Calum Colvin: "Ossian: Fragments of Ancient Poetry... Calum Colvin: "Ossian: Fragments of Ancient Poetry" www.calumcolvin.com/thumbs8.htm - Web |
