Samuel Johnson, the Ossian fraud, and the Celtic revival in Great Britain and Ireland /

Samuel Johnson, the Ossian fraud, and the Celtic revival in Great Britain and Ireland /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Curley, Thomas M.
Imprint:	Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Description:	x, 338 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Macpherson, James, -- 1736-1796. -- Ossian. Macpherson, James, -- 1736-1796 -- Criticism and interpretation -- History. Johnson, Samuel, -- 1709-1784 -- Knowledge -- Literature. Johnson, Samuel, -- 1709-1784. Macpherson, James, -- 1736-1796. Ossian (Macpherson, James) Literary forgeries and mystifications -- History -- 18th century. Criticism -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century. English literature -- Celtic influences. Criticism. English literature -- Celtic influences. Intellectual life. Literary forgeries and mystifications. Literature. Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 18th century. Ireland -- Intellectual life -- 18th century. Great Britain. Ireland. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7734840

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ISBN:	9780521407472 (hardback : alk. paper) 0521407478 (hardback : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-326) and index.

Table of Contents:

Prefatory acknowledgments
1. An introductory survey of scholarship on Ossian: why literary truth matters
2. James Macpherson's violation of literary truth
3. Johnson on truth, frauds, and folklore: in the company of Thomas Percy
4. Searching for truth in the Highlands: Macpherson throws down the gauntlet
5. Charles O'Conor and the Celtic Revival in Ireland
6. Johnson and the Irish: more opposition to Ossian
7. Johnson's last word on Ossian with William Shaw: a finale to controversy
Appendix A. Reply to Mr. Clark's Answer
Notes
Bibliography
Index