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The Reception of Ossian in Europe (Hardcover)
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The Reception of Ossian in Europe (Hardcover)
Series: The Reception of British and Irish Authors in Europe
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Macpherson's Ossian caused a sensation on its first appearance in
the early 1760s. Contrary to the impression often conveyed in
literary histories, enthusiasm for the Ossianic poetry cannot be
dismissed as a short-lived fad, for its appeal lasted a century or
more, both in Britain and Continental Europe. There is hardly a
major Romantic poet on whom it failed to make a significant impact.
And as may be seen from the contributions to this volume, 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 an
individual writer (for instance, Goethe, Schiller, Chateaubriand),
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 nonliterary forms of reception in music and
art.
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