Poems of Ossian and Related Works
James Macpherson author Howard Gaskill editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
Published:1st Jan '96
Should be back in stock very soon
This is the first modern edition of all Macpherson's Ossianic poetry, including Fragments of Ancient Poetry, Fingal and Temora - as well as his accompanying prefaces and dissertations, and Hugh Blair's Critical Dissertation on the Poems of Ossian. Based on the 1765 text of the Works of Ossian, major variants from the other editions are included, together with a comprehensive register of Ossianic names.
An extremely important book that will interest scholars working in the fields of post-colonial, feminist and cultural studies. It will also interest anyone else who is concerned to gain an accurate picture of eighteenth-century literary history. An extremely important book that will interest scholars working in the fields of post-colonial, feminist and cultural studies. It will also interest anyone else who is concerned to gain an accurate picture of eighteenth-century literary history.
ISBN: 9780748607075
Dimensions: 216mm x 138mm x 23mm
Weight: 771g
608 pages