A critical dissertation on the poems of Ossian : the son of Fingal.

A critical dissertation on the poems of Ossian : the son of Fingal.

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Author / Creator:Blair, Hugh, 1718-1800.
Imprint:London : Printed for T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt, 1763.
Description:[4], 75 p., advertising matter.
Language:English
Series:Library of English literature ; LEL 40160.
Subject:
Ossian, -- active 3rd century.
Ossian, -- active 3rd century.
Scottish Gaelic poetry.
Scottish Gaelic poetry.
Format: Microform Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4073450
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Other authors / contributors:Macpherson, James, 1736-1796.
Notes:"The substance of the following dissertation was delivered by the author in the course of his lectures on rhetorick and belles-lettres, in the University of Edinburgh." -- Advertisement.
The poems attributed to Ossian were probably written by James Macpherson, who claimed to have collected and translated them. cf. Oxford companion to English literature.
"Blair encouraged MacPherson to publish the 'Fragments of ancient poetry' in 1760,, and eulogised their merits with more zeal than discretion." -- Dictionary of national biography.
Microfiche. Chicago, Ill. : Library Resources, inc., 1976. 1 microfiche : positive ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of English literature ; LEL 40160)

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