Find more facts and information on our topic page about
Ossian
Ossian
A Dictionary of British History
|
2004
|
|
© A Dictionary of British History 2004, originally published by Oxford University Press 2004. (Hide copyright information)
Copyright
Ossian, son of Fingal, father of Oscar, whose death—so James MacPherson claimed—marked the end of Celtic civilization in Scotland. MacPherson's translations of Ossian's ‘poems’ (1762–5) caused a literary sensation. In the event they turned out to be a mixture of genuine verses handed down by oral tradition and imaginative translation and pastiche by their editor.
Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.
|
Ossian and Ossianism in Britain and Germany: a review article.('Homer des Nordens' und 'Mutter der Romantik': James Macphersons 'Ossian' und seine Rezeption in der deutschsprachigen Literatur, vols. 1-3)(Kommentierte Neuausgabe wichtiger Texte zur deutschen Rezeption, vol. 4)(Ossian and Ossianism: Subcultures and Subversions, 1750-1850)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 7/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...the reception of James Macpherson's 'Ossian' poems in Britain and Germany respectively...Mutter der Romantik': James Macphersons 'Ossian' und seine Rezeption in der deutschsprachigen...vol. IV: ISBN 3-11-017937-7. Ossian and Ossianism: Subcultures and Subversions...
|
|
"Homer des Nordens" und "Mutter der Romantik." James Macphersons Ossian und seine Rezeption in der deutschsprachigen Literatur/"Homer des Nordens" und "Mutter der Romantik." James Macphersons Ossian und seine Rezeption in der deutschsprachigen Literatur/"Homer des Nordens" und "Mutter der Romantik." James Macphersons Ossian und seine Rezeption in der deutschsprachigen Literatur
Magazine article from: Goethe Yearbook; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Mutter der Romantik." James Macphersons Ossian und seine Rezeption in der deutschsprachigen...Bd. 1+2. Bd. 1: James Macphersons Ossian, zeitgenossische Diskurse und die Friihphasen...Mutter der Romantik." James Macphersons Ossian und seine Rezeption in der deutschsprachigen...
|
|
"Homer des Nordens" und "Mutter der Romantik": James Macphersons Ossian und seine Rezeption in der deutschsprachigen Literatur
Magazine article from: German Quarterly; 4/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Mutter der Romantik": James Macphersons Ossian und seine Rezeption in der deutschsprachigen...attributed to an ancient Celtic bard named Ossian, English lexicographer and essayist Samuel...with several other Poems, composed by Ossian the Son of Fingal, the ballads immediately...
|
|
"Bring me the head of James Macpherson": The execution of Ossian and the wellsprings of folkloristic discourse
Magazine article from: Journal of American Folklore; 10/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; The poems of Ossian, as presented to the world of the 18th...96), the compiler of the poems of Ossian.1 These prose-poems, published between...The former confessed at one point that Ossian was 11 the greatest Poet that ever existed...
|
|
The Lawless Language of Macpherson's Ossian.(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900; 6/22/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...still the most thorough commentaries on Ossian in English. [1] Fiona Stafford discusses...Gaskill's 1996 edition of the Poems of Ossian: it would not, she writes, be "particularly...Ossianic poetry], since early readers of Ossian tended either to fall into eulogistic...
|
|
Review Ossian reflects a crisis of identity
Newspaper article from: Evening News - Scotland; 10/8/2002; ; 700+ words
; Ossian: Fragments of Ancient Poetry, Scottish...impressive body of work is a series featuring Ossian, the third century blind bard. The Celtic...a fraud, but despite the controversy, Ossian has inspired people throughout the centuries...
|
|
Expert rubbishes Ossian 'fake' claims
Newspaper article from: Scotland on Sunday; 5/24/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...fake the work of legendary warrior-poet Ossian. Lord Dacre is the former Cambridge don...Hitler diaries. But it is his views on Ossian's poems that have brought him into Ferguson...authenticity that were available. He treated the Ossian issue in the same way." Ossian's poems...
|
|
|
Interview: Calum Colvin: The Ossian colour scene
Newspaper article from: Scotland on Sunday; 9/22/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...national makeovers. What he found was Ossian. You would be forgiven for asking 'who'? Two hundred years ago, however, Ossian was the Captain Corelli of his day. His...work of the third-century Celtic bard Ossian, son of Fingal, Scotland's very own...
|
|
Analysis: Dr. Ossian Sweet fought for civil rights nearly 80 years ago and will soon be recognized for it with a historical marker in front of his Detroit home
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 7/7/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...NPR) 07-07-2004 Analysis: Dr. Ossian Sweet fought for civil rights nearly 80...CELESTE HEADLEE reporting: When Dr. Ossian Sweet bought this brown and green house...their homes. Historian Kevin Boyle says Ossian Sweet was facing the most important decision...
|
|
Ossian sets out its plan for GBP14m makeover RETAIL: EXPANSION
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Herald; 4/8/2007; ; 672 words
; SCOTTISH retail group Ossian is embarking on a GBP14 million rebranding...Internacionale shops are also on the cards. Ossian currently sells about GBP130m of merchandise...Norrie Stewart, chief executive of Ossian, believes Au Naturale has the greater...
|
|
Ossian
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Ossian or Oisin , legendary Gaelic poet, supposedly...Ireland and in the Scottish Highlands, with Ossian as the bard who sang of the exploits of...on Cuchulain, another traditional hero. Ossian is generally represented as an old, blind...
|
|
Howard, Leland Ossian
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Howard, Leland Ossian ( b. Rockford, Illinosi, 11 June 1857...applied entomology . Howard was the son of Ossian Gregory Howard and Lucy Duham Thurber...anonymous authorship, is “ Leland Ossian Howard, 1857 – 1950, ”...
|
|
|
Leland Ossian Howard
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Leland Ossian Howard 1857-1950, American entomologist, b. Rockford, Ill., grad. Cornell (B.S., 1877), Ph.D. Georgetown Univ...
|
|
|
Bonnet, Pierre-Ossian
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Bonnet, Pierre-Ossian ( b . Montepellier, France, 22 December 1819; d . Paris, France, 22 June 1892) mathematics . Bonnet was the son of Pierre...
|
|
Macpherson, James
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
...translator’ whose Poems of Ossian (1760–3), based in part...mac Cumhaill , Darthula is Deirdre , and Ossian is Oisín . While modern readers...prose insufferably turgid, the Poems of Ossian electrified 18th- and early 19th-century...
|
