| Ossian and National Epic Contributor(s): Hanenberg, Peter (Editor), Bär, Gerald (Editor), Gaskill, Howard (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3631633939 ISBN-13: 9783631633939 Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W OUR PRICE: $91.30 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory - Poetry | Anthologies (multiple Authors) |
| Dewey: 808.813 |
| LCCN: 2013409619 |
| Series: Passagem |
| Physical Information: 314 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the 18th century the appearance of the poems ascribed to Ossian triggered a great interest in national literatures and inspired the imagination and ultimately the productive reception of generations of (pre)romantic poets worldwide. Ossian was instrumental in the appreciation of folk poetry and instrumentalized in the creation of national literature. In the aftermath of Macpherson's Ossianic publications several nation states as well as stateless nations rediscovered and glorified their own barbaric past with national epics . This volume attempts to reconstitute partly the philological context in order to shed more light on Ossian and national epic in general, its development in European literature and its (re)emergence in different genres and other arts. |
