Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900. Summer, 2000, Vol. 40 Issue 3, 511.
Subjects
Sentimentalism in literature -- Analysis, Scottish poetry -- Criticism and interpretation, Poems of Ossian (Book) -- Criticism and interpretation, and Fragments of Ancient Poetry (Book) -- Criticism and interpretation
Abstract
James Macpherson's Ossianic forgeries, first published 1760--63, were an immediate sensation, not unlike Samuel Richardson's Pamela, or perhaps director James Cameron's recent film Titanic: they were adored, they were hated, [...]
