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The Center of European Languages of Qom(Ale Beit Publications)
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3013
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b15372
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| Language of Document
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English
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| Main Entry
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Curley, Thomas M
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| Title & Author
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Samuel Johnson, the Ossian fraud and the Celtic revival in Great Britain and Ireland/ Thomas M. Curley
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge, UK ;New York: Cambridge University Press,, 2009.
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x, 338 p.: ; 24 cm.
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| ISBN
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9780521407472(hardback : alk.paper)
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| Notes
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Print
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-326) and index.
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| Contents
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An introductory survey of scholarship on Ossian: why literary truth matters -- James MacPherson's violation of literary truth -- Johnson on truth, frauds, and folklore: in the company of Thomas Percy -- Searching for truth in the Highlands: MacPherson throws down the gauntlet -- Charles O'Conor and the Celtic revival in Ireland -- Johnson and the Irish: more opposition to Ossian -- Johnson's last word on Ossian with William Shaw: a finale to controversy.
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Literary forgeries and mystificationsHistory--18th century
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Macpherson, James,1736-1796.--Ossian
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Macpherson, James,1736-1796--Criticism and interpretation--History
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Johnson, Samuel,1709-1784--Knowledge--Literature
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CriticismGreat Britain--History--18th century
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Great BritainIntellectual life--18th century
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IrelandIntellectual life--18th century
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English literatureCeltic influences
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| Dewey Classification
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821.6
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| LC Classification
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PR3544.C87 2009
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