{"product_id":"the-reception-of-ossian-in-europe-9780826461353","title":"The Reception of Ossian in Europe","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Howard Gaskill\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Macpherson's Poems of Ossian, said to be translations from the Gaelic of a third-century bard, caused a sensation on their first appearance in the early 1760s. Contrary to the impression often conveyed in literary histories, enthusiasm for the poetry of the 'Homer of the North' cannot be dismissed as a short-lived fad, for its appeal lasted a century or more, both at home and abroad. There is hardly a major Romantic poet on whom it failed to make a significant impact. In the words of Sir Walter Scott, it succeeded in \"giving a new tone ot poetry throughout all Europe\" and its influence was ubiquitous, from Poland to Portugal, from Paris to Prague. The essays brought together here consider the reception of Ossian in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, as well as in a wide range of European countries. In some the focus is on individual writers (for instance, Goethe, Schiller, Chateaubriand, Espronceda), in others there is a broader sweep and a survey of reception in a national literary culture is offered (for instance, Hungary, Russia, Sweden). One of the two essays on Ossian in Italy at last gives Macpherson's influential epigone, John Smith, his due. Consideration is also given to Ossian's significance for the rise of historicism, and to non-literary forms of reception in music and art. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSeries Editor: Dr Elinor Shaffer FBA, Institute of Germanic \u0026amp; Romance Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eContributors: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHoward Gaskill, University of Edinburgh \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDafydd Moore, University of Plymouth \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDonald Meek, University of Edinburgh \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMary-Ann Constantine, University of Wales \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMícheál Mac Craith, University of Galway \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJoep Leerssen, University of Amsterdam \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eColin Smethurst, University of Glasgow \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSandro Jung, University of Wales, Lampeter \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCaitríona Ó Dochartaigh, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWolf Gerhard Schmidt, University of Saarbrücken \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePeter Graves, University of Sweden \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJames Porter, University of Aberdeen \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGabriella Hartvig, University of Pécs \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNina Taylor-Terlecka, Oxford, UK \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePeter France, University of Edinburgh \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEnrico Mattioda \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrancesca Broggi-Wüthrich \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAndrew Ginger \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGerald Bär, Aberta University \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChristopher Smith, Norwich, UK \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMurdo MacDonald, University of Dundee \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReception of Ossian in Europe Review \u003cbr\u003eReception of Ossian in Europe Review 2","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45087599231127,"sku":"9780826461353","price":50706.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780826461353.webp?v=1767266824","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-reception-of-ossian-in-europe-9780826461353","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}