Product Description: In the 18th century the appearance of the poems ascribed to Ossian triggered a great interest in national literatures and inspired the imagination and ultimately the productive reception of generations of (pre)romantic poets worldwide...read more

Product Description: The intellectual scope and cultural impact of British writers cannot be assessed without reference to their European fortunes. This collection of 20 essays, prepared by an international team of scholars, critics and translators, records the ways in which Macpherson's Ossian has been received, translated and published in different areas of Europe...read more

Product Description: Following years of ridicule and disregard, James Macpherson's "Ossian" is attracting serious study. This volume is a reappraisal of the poet and his reception in the European literary world of the 18th and early 19th centuries. Contributors from the fields of Celtic studies, English and German literature, history and philosophy take a fresh look at different aspects of the "Ossian" phenomenon, which include Macpherson's place within authentic Gaelic tradition, the reception of "Ossian" by the English Romantics, the marketing of "Ossian" in Germany and the implications of the "Ossian" phenomenon for the literary canon...read more