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Blind Ossian's Fingal: Fragments and Controversy
by Macpherson, James (Compiled and Translated by), and Burnett, Allan (Edited by), and Andersson Burnett, Linda (Edited by)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in fine dust jacket. Appears unread. Single small dot, front cover.
- ISBN 10
- 1906817553
- ISBN 13
- 9781906817558
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About This Item
Edinburgh.: Luath Press Ltd., 2011. First edition. Presumed 1st, no print line.. Hard cover. Fine in fine dust jacket. Appears unread. Single small dot, front cover.. 1 Tan woven cloth over boards w/ black titles in red ornate circle frame. Jacket in red paper wrapped around lower quarter covers, color illustrated. Glued binding. 224 p. 22 cm. Audience: General/trade. First edition "Fragments of Ancient Poetry" 1760; First edition of "Fingal: An Ancient Epic Poem in Six Books", 1762. Ossian was a third-century bard, according to Highland and Irish oral traditions. He told stories of his youth, his father, Fingal, and his son Oscar. James Macpherson, who compiled Ossian's stories, recounted in blindness, was born in the Highlands, 1736, in an area of the Jacobite uprising, 1745. He published the Ossianic poems to great success in the 1760s. Pressure rose to prove their authenticity. This history recounts the Ossianic timeline, 3rd century A.D. until 2010.
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- Title
- Blind Ossian's Fingal: Fragments and Controversy
- Author
- Macpherson, James (Compiled and Translated by), and Burnett, Allan (Edited by), and Andersson Burnett, Linda (Edited by)
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in fine dust jacket. Appears unread. Single small dot, front cover.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition. Presumed 1st, no print line.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1906817553
- ISBN 13
- 9781906817558
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh.
- Date Published
- 2011
- Keywords
- 18th century first publishing of works by 3rd century Highland bard, Ossian|James Macpherson, 18th century Highlander|Ossianic timeline
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