Enlightenment and romance in James Macpherson's The poems of Ossian

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"This study examines the relationship between enlightenment and romance through the work of James Macpherson and in particular The Poems of Ossian. By re-reading Macpherson's work in ways not restricted by the sterile and by now largely settled debates over authenticity, Moore establishes Ossian's credentials to be considered as romance, both in its manner of construction, its represented sensibility, and in its engagement with the potentialities and limitations of eighteenth-century discourses of sympathy and society."--Jacket.

subjects: Enlightenment,  History,  In literature,  Literary forgeries and mystifications,  Literary form,  Mythology, Celtic, in literature,  Romanticism,  Sentimentalism in literature,  Social change in literature,  Sublime, The, in literature,  Ossian, active 3rd century,  Romanticism, great britain,  Faux et supercheries littéraires,  Histoire,  Genres littéraires,  Mythologie celtique dans la littérature,  Sublime dans la littérature,  Changement social dans la littérature,  Siècle des Lumières,  Romantisme,  POETRY,  English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh,  Literature,  Ossian (Macpherson, James),  Macpherson, james , 1736-1796,  In literatureossian , active 3rd century,  Literary forgeries and mystifications--history,  Literary forgeries and mystifications--history--18th century,  Literary form--history,  Literary form--history--18th century,  Enlightenment--scotland,  Romanticism--scotland,  Pr3544 .m64 2003,  821/.6

People: James Macpherson (1736-1796),  Ossian (3rd cent)

Places: Scotland

Times: 18th century