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Genre/Form: | History |
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Named Person: | James Macpherson; Ossian; Ossian |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Dafydd Moore |
ISBN: | 0754609731 9780754609735 |
OCLC Number: | 1014524001 |
Description: | IX, 187 p. 23 cm |
Contents: | Contents: Preface; Introduction; The Ossianic epic and the 18th-century romance; Ossian, romance and source; Ossian, sentimentalism and the modalities of romance; Ossian and the romance of muscular sensibility; Sympathy, community and the sentimental sublime; Ossian and the romance of defeat; Conclusion: After Ossian?; Bibliography; Index. |
Series Title: | Studies in early modern English literature |
Responsibility: | Dafydd Moore. |
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'This book's freshness of approach, wealth of reading, and bibliographical depth will benefit Macpherson studies and stimulate scholarly debate.' 18th Century Scotland '... impressive and subtle reading... achieves what good criticism should always aspire to, sending the reader back to rediscover texts she thought she knew... Intelligently conceived, vigorously and engagingly argued, Enlightenment and Romance should stand alongside the work of Howard Gaskill and Fional Stafford... This is an indispensable addition to the body of modern Ossian scholarship.' Scottish Studies Review Read more...
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