OSSIAN

ŏshˈən or Oisinəshēnˈ, legendary Gaelic poet, supposedly the son of Finn mac Cumhail, hero of a cycle of tales and poems that place his deeds of valor in the 3d cent. a.d. These traditional tales were preserved in Ireland and in the Scottish Highlands, with Ossian as the bard who sang of the exploits of Finn and his Fenian cohorts. A later cycle of Ossianic poetry centered on Cuchulain, another traditional hero. Ossian is generally represented as an old, blind man who had outlived both his father and his son. The name is remembered by most people in connection with James Macpherson, who published translations of two poems that he said had been written by Ossian; scholars subsequently proved that they were actually a combination of traditional Gaelic poems and original verses by Macpherson himself.

See J. Macpherson, The Poems of Ossian (1805, repr. 1974).

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The Poems of Ossian and Related Works
Book by James MacPherson, Howard Gaskill; Edinburgh University Press, 1996
Subjects: Celts--Poetry, Literary Forgeries And Mystifications, Mythology, Celtic--Poetry, Ossian--3rd Cent--Poetry
...scepticism conceming the authenticity of Ossian, but is nevertheless obvious, particularly...London, 1941 ), 1:320. 6. Anon, Ossian s Poems and Mr Hugh Campbell (London, 1826). ). 7. See H. Okun, Ossian in Painting, Journal of the Warburg...
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The Sublime Savage: A Study of James Macpherson and the Poems of Ossian
Book by Fiona J. Stafford; Edinburgh University Press, 1988
Subjects: Celts In Literature, Literary Forgeries And Mystifications--History--18th Century, Macpherson, James--1736-1796--Ossian, Medievalism--Scotland--History--18th Century, Middle Ages In Literature, Mythology, Celtic, In Literature, Ossian--3rd Cent--In Literature
...published as "Critical Observations on thePoems of Ossian", The Poems of Ossian , Edinburgh 1797 , II, 285-314 . 38 Kames to...of Kames , II, 90. 39 Fingal , 10-11, cf. Ossian , 1773, I, 231. 40 R. Fiske, Scotland in Music...
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The Colored Cadet at West Point
Book by Quintard Taylor, Henry Ossian Flipper; University of Nebraska Press, 1998
Subjects: Flipper, Henry Ossian--1856-1940, Military Cadets--New York (State)--West Point--Biography, United States Military Academy
...106-7, 135-36. 25. Eppinga, Henry Ossian Flipper , p. 44. 26. Flipper, Colored...Colored Cadet , p. 258, and Eppinga, Henry Ossian Flipper , pp. 49-51. 28. Quoted in Eppinga, Henry Ossian Flipper , p. 51. 29. Eppinga, Henry...
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Eighteenth Century English Literature and Its Cultural Background: A Bibliography
Book by James E. Tobin; Biblo and Tannen, 1967
Subjects: English Literature--18th Century--Bibliography
Poems of Ossian, with a Dissertation on the authenticity...BLACK, GEORGE F.: "Macphersons Ossian and the Ossianic controversy: a con...critical dissertation on the poems of Ossian, the son of Fingal, London, 1763...
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Scottish Traditional Tales
Book by Alan Bruford, Donald A. MacDonald; Birlinn, 2003
Subjects: Legends--Scotland, Tales--Scotland
...had put a string on another one. And Ossian did just the same as the man who came...unless she gave him the puppy. Oh, then Ossian lost the head and he said to her, Oh...turned into a crow and went out, and Ossian rushed after her. And Ossian followed...
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The Lawless Language of Macpherson's Ossian
Journal article by Corinna Laughlin; Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 40, 2000
Subjects: Fragments of Ancient Poetry (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Macpherson, James--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Poems of Ossian (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Scottish poetry--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Sentimentalism in literature--Analysis
The Lawless Language of Macphersons Ossian by CORINNA LAUGHLIN James Macphersons...still the most thorough commentaries on Ossian in English. 1 Fiona Stafford discusses...Gaskills 1996 edition of the Poems of Ossian: it would not, she writes, be "particularly...
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The Reception of Ossian in Europe
Journal article by Murray G.H. Pittock; The Modern Language Review, Vol. 101, 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Reception of Ossian in Europe (Book)--Book reviews
The Reception of Ossian in Europe. by Murray G.H. Pittock The Reception of Ossian in Europe. Ed. by HOWARD GASKILL. (Reception...Bar on Portugal. The book ends with studies of Ossian in music (Christopher Smith) and art (Murdo...
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Chatterton, Ossian, Africa
Journal article by Kim Ian Michasiw; Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 48, 2008
Subjects: Africa--Portrayals, Blair, Hugh, British national characteristics--Portrayals, Chatterton, Thomas--Criticism and interpretation, Chatterton, Thomas--Works, English poets--Criticism and interpretation, English poets--Works, Macpherson, James (Scottish poet)--Influence, Macpherson, James (Scottish poet)--Works, National characteristics, British--Portrayals, Scotland--Portrayals
Chatterton, Ossian, Africa. by Kim Ian Michasiw Two quotations...geology, and the imaginary Scotland of Ossian. (3) THE CURSE OF ENGLISHNESS In the...were fundamentally one. THE WEIGHT OF OSSIAN That these warring peoples are one, and...
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The Significance of the Geal Charn-ossian Steep Belt in Basin Development in the Central Scottish Highlands
Journal article by S. Robertson, M. Smith; Journal of the Geological Society, Vol. 156, 1999
Subjects: Geology, Scotland, Sediments
The Significance of the Geal Charn-ossian Steep Belt in Basin Development in the...Robertson , M. Smith The Geal Chain-Ossian Steep Belt (Thomas 1979) is a narrow...They are not part of the Geal Charn-Ossian Steep Belt as they have neither the consistency...
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Ossianism in the Bohemian Lands
Journal article by Tomas Hlobil; The Modern Language Review, Vol. 101, 2006
Subjects: Ossian (Scottish writer)--Works, Translations--Analysis
...outlines the various stages of thinking about Ossian in both the Czech and the German branches...decisive one, in arousing interest in Ossian among the Czechs as well as the Germans...important early German translators of the Ossian poems, Prague participated from the start...
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A Fat Lot of Good: Why Are Artists Fascinated by Obesity? It's a Reflection of the Overblown Art Market, Argues Ossian Ward
Magazine article by Ossian Ward; New Statesman, Vol. 135, July 31, 2006
Subjects: Art, Modern--Criticism and interpretation, Modern art--Criticism and interpretation, Modernism (Art)--Criticism and interpretation, Obesity--Evaluation
...Fat Lot of Good: Why Are Artists Fascinated by Obesity? Its a Reflection of the Overblown Art Market, Argues Ossian Ward. by Ossian Ward As you approach the old Baltic flour mill in Gateshead, now the citys major space for contemporary art...
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A Waste of Time Does Not Shift a Paradigm
Magazine article by James E. Ossian; School Administrator, Vol. 53, May 1996
Subjects: School superintendents--Conduct of life
A Waste of Time Does Not Shift a Paradigm by JAMES E. OSSIAN It had the prospects of being a good day, even for a superintendent. Since we had held parent-teacher conferences on Tuesday...
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The Second Fall of Rome
Magazine article by Michael Lind; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 24, Winter 2000
Subjects: Civilization, Classical--Influence, Civilization, Western--Sources, Latin literature--Influence, Rome (Ancient)--Influence
...century epic by the fabled Gaelic bard Ossian. The poems purported to be a loose collection...from Scotland, the home of the noble Ossian, to Greece, where he died fighting the...long-neglected medieval manuscripts. Ossian was joined by Germanys Siegfried, Irelands...
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Romance and Rebellion: The Most Expressive and Wild-Tempered Artist of His Generation, Girodet Was Commissioned by Some of the Biggest Names in France, and Gave Free Rein to His Imagination in Executing an Impressive Array of Brilliant Paintings
Magazine article; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 135, January 2007
Subjects: Painting (Art)--Criticism and interpretation, Painting--Criticism and interpretation, Rebellion--Portrayals, Romantic love--Portrayals, Roussy, Anne-Louis Girodet De--Works
...responsible for the remarkable craze for Ossian, today an all but forgotten figure...have found the original texts by the bard Ossian, the last survivor of his tribe who had...and the cultural domination of France. Ossian advocated a truth distinct from classical...
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When Poems Mattered
Magazine article by Phoebe Pettingell; The New Leader (Online), Vol. 90, November 2007
Subjects: Books, Hair, Musical theater, Poetry, Poets
...on my seaside, like Canute, bearded Ossian smites his hoar harp, wreathed with wild...scarcely remembered by modern readers. The Ossian forgery, meant to demonstrate that the...largely divided into "epic" (Homer, Ossian and Milton) and "lyric" (Shakespeare...
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A Flawed Genius, or Just a Fraud? Allan Massie
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 9, 2005
Subjects: Fraud, Poetry
...which opens in Paris this week. Entitled Ossian: Fragments of Ancient Poetry, it celebrates...flattered our (Scottish) national vanity. Ossian was hailed as the Scottish Homer. The...power of Ossians Celtic melancholy. Now Ossian is all but forgotten, except by scholars...
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U2 CAN STAY FOR [Pounds Sterling]30,000 A WEEK
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), June 4, 2011
...main road, sitting on the shore of Loch Ossian, in the shadow of five Munros on a 65...to make the ten-mile circuit of Loch Ossian, while for the less energetic there is...They were taken by pony trap to Loch Ossian, then across the loch by the steam yacht...
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Epic Story of a Poet Who Never Existed
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), February 9, 2005
...dip into it. The book is usually known as Ossian - though its title was actually Fingal, with Ossian its reputed author. The story behind it...Fingal, an epic, the reputed work of Ossian, a bard who lived in the third century AD...
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Mags Has Kittens over Cat Flat Flap; One-Pet Rule Ruins Dream: The Judge
Newspaper article; Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland), July 26, 2009
Subjects: Cats, Domestic cats
...viewed the pounds 190,000 property at Ossian Homes Priory site in Largs, Ayrshire...out and demanded their deposit back but Ossian refused. Margaret, of Largs, said...are stone-walling us. Please help." Ossian said: "At no time were Mr and Mrs Bowden...
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When Fraud Becomes Just Another Fun Word Game
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), July 29, 2008
Subjects: Fraud
...fragments" by the third century Celtic bard Ossian, which on publication in 1760 were...Sorrows of Werther; Thomas Jefferson read Ossian every day; Napoleon carried him into battle. It was decades before Ossian was generally recognised as a fake...
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Ossian
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
OSSIAN osh n or Oisin shen , legendary Gaelic poet...Ireland and in the Scottish Highlands, with Ossian as the bard who sang of the exploits of...on Cuchulain, another traditional hero. Ossian is generally represented as an old, blind...
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Howard, Leland Ossian
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HOWARD, LELAND OSSIAN 1857 1950, American entomologist, b. Rockford, Ill., grad. Cornell (B.S., 1877), Ph.D. Georgetown Univ., 1896...
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Gaelic Literature
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Christianity is represented as coming in the extreme old age of Ossian , the poet of the Fenians. The temper is more romantic than...the end of the century came James Macpherson s famous forgery Ossian, supposedly the work of a 3d-century Irish bard. Gaelic...
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Macpherson, James
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...1761) and Temora (1763), which were represented as the work of a 3d-century Irish bard named Ossian. A collection, The Works of Ossian, appeared in 1765. Samuel Johnson and others heatedly challenged the authenticity of the poems. After...
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Finn Mac Cumhail
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Cumhail, or Finn MacCool all: fin m kool , semimythical Irish hero. His exploits are recorded in long narrative poems by Ossian and in many ballads, called Fenian ballads after the Fenians, or Fianna, professional fighters whom Finn was said to have...
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