| center | : | The Center of European Languages of Qom(Ale Beit Publications) |
| Document Type | : | BL |
| Record Number | : | 3013 |
| Doc. No | : | b15372 |
| Language of Document | : | English |
| Main Entry | : | Curley, Thomas M |
| Title & Author | : | Samuel Johnson, the Ossian fraud and the Celtic revival in Great Britain and Ireland/ Thomas M. Curley |
| Publication Statement | : | Cambridge, UK ;New York: Cambridge University Press,, 2009. |
| Page. NO | : | x, 338 p.: ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN | : | 9780521407472(hardback : alk.paper) |
| Notes | : | Print |
| Bibliographies/Indexes | : | Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-326) and index. |
| Contents | : | 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. |
| Subject | : | Literary forgeries and mystificationsHistory--18th century |
| Subject | : | Macpherson, James,1736-1796.--Ossian |
| Subject | : | Macpherson, James,1736-1796--Criticism and interpretation--History |
| Subject | : | Johnson, Samuel,1709-1784--Knowledge--Literature |
| Subject | : | CriticismGreat Britain--History--18th century |
| Subject | : | Great BritainIntellectual life--18th century |
| Subject | : | IrelandIntellectual life--18th century |
| Subject | : | English literatureCeltic influences |
| Dewey Classification | : | 821.6 |
| LC Classification | : | PR3544.C87 2009 |