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Ossian ( / ˈɒʃən, ˈɒsiən /; Irish Gaelic / Scottish Gaelic: Oisean) is the narrator and purported author of a cycle of epic poems published by the Scottish poet James Macpherson, originally as Fingal (1761) and Temora (1763), [1] and later combined under the title The Poems of Ossian. Macpherson claimed to have collected word-of-mouth ...
THE WAR of INIS-THONA: A POEM. ( ) Macpherson, James, 1736-1796 Fragments of ancient poetry, collected in the Highlands of Scotland, and translated from the Galic or Erse language. Edinburgh: printed for G. Hamilton and J. Balfour, 1760. 70p.; 8⁰. (ESTC T83707; OTA K068251.000 ) Macpherson, James, 1736-1796 Fingal: an ancient epic poem, in ...
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James Macpherson. Některá data mohou pocházet z datové položky. James Macpherson ( 27. října 1736, Ruthven, Inverness-shire, Skotsko – 17. února 1796 , Belville, Inverness-shire, Skotsko) byl skotský politik a anglicky píšící preromantický básník, spisovatel a překladatel. Proslavil se vydáním údajných překladů děl ...
Poet Biography. Macpherson is remembered for one of the most spectacular literary hoaxes of all time; the epic of Ossian. He was born on 27 October 1736 at Ruthven, Badenoch, the son of a farmer. He was educated at Aberdeen and Edinburgh Universities, and in 1756 he became a teacher in his native village. Two years later he moved to Edinburgh ...
Feb 28, 2023 · Macpherson the Historian examines James’ published works, from the neoclassical verse of The Highlander (1758) to his pamphlets defending the British imperial state during the late 1770s. In all of these texts, Macpherson wrote as an Enlightenment historian, where ideas about narrative, philosophy, and erudition were interwoven with eighteenth-century debates about the Highlands, commercial modernity, and the British Empire.
James Macpherson. James Macpherson is a sought-after international speaker with a background in journalism at the Courier-Mail and Daily Telegraph. He previously pastored a significant church in Australia and South Africa. A well-recognised Australian journalist, James is a regular contributor to The Spectator and a host at Sky News.
