Книга: James Macpherson «The Poems Of Ossian»
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James Macpherson
Infobox Writer
name = Seumas Mac a' Phearsain
James Macpherson
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birth_date = birth date|1736|10|27|df=y
birth_place =
death_date = death date and age|1796|02|17|1736|10|27|df=y
death_place =
occupation = Poet, Translator
movement =
genre =
magnum_opus =
influences =
influenced = Yeats,
footnotes =
James Macpherson ( _gd. Seumas Mac a' Phearsain;
Early life
Macpherson was born at Ruthven in the
Collecting Scottish Gaelic poetry
On leaving college, he returned to Ruthven to teach in the school there. At
In the autumn he set out to visit western Inverness-shire, the islands of Skye,
"Ossian"
In 1761 he announced the discovery of an epic on the subject of "Fingal" (related to the Irish mythological character
The authenticity of these so-called
Lost in the controversy is the fact that many Gaelic-speaking critics of Ossian's legitimacy praised MacPherson's talent for Gaelic poetry.
Later works
In 1764 he was made secretary to the colonial governor George Johnstone at
Legacy
After Macpherson's death,
His legacy indirectly includes the naming of
References
ources for further reading
*"The Poems of Ossian and other related Works", ed. Howard Gaskill, introd. Fiona Stafford, (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1996)
*"The Reception of Ossian in Europe", edited by Howard Gaskill, (London: Thoemmes Continuum, 2004).
*"The Sublime Savage", by Fiona Stafford
*"Ossian Revisited*, by Howard Gaskil (ed.)
External links
* [http://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=1287 Literary Encyclopedia: Ossian]
* [http://www.electricscotland.com/history/other/macpherson_james.htm Significant Scots - James MacPherson]
* [http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/pt4/index.htm Popular Tales of the West Highlands by J. F. Campbell Volume IV (1890)]
* [http://www.exclassics.com/ossian/ossintro.htm The Poetical Works of Ossian] at the Ex-Classics Web Site
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Источник: James Macpherson
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