Samuel Johnson, the Ossian fraud and the Celtic revival in Great Britain and Ireland

Publication Data

• Title Samuel Johnson, the Ossian fraud and the Celtic revival in Great Britain and Ireland
• Author Thomas M. Curley
• Publisher Cambridge University Press
• Publication date 2009
• Publication location Cambridge
• Language English

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.

Topics

• Macpherson, James, 1736-1796 :: Criticism and interpretation :: History
• Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 :: Knowledge :: Literature
• Literary forgeries and mystifications :: History :: 18th century
• Criticism :: Great Britain :: History :: 18th century
• English literature :: Celtic influences
• Great Britain :: Intellectual life :: 18th century
• Ireland :: Intellectual life :: 18th century
• Great Britain
• Ireland

Samuel Johnson, the Ossian fraud and the Celtic revival in Great Britain and Ireland by Thomas M. Curley. ISBN 9780521407472. Published by Cambridge University Press in 2009. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.