#ossian — Public Fediverse posts
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Ossian’s Last Stand?
27 May, online. Tickets from £3.55For over a century after the publication of James Macpherson’s Ossianic epics, controversy raged over their authenticity. In this talk, Prof Dòmhnall Uilleam Stiùbhart will look at how the literary battle lines were drawn on both sides, & how the controversy was fought out, in books, magazines, letters, & reports.
#Scottish #literature #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #Ossian #romanticism #18thcentury #19thcentury
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https://www.europesays.com/fi/203849/ Jasmin Vähäkangas: Lapsipaljastus! | Seiska #arki #Celebrities #Entertainment #FI #Finland #Finnish #hammastarkastus #JasminVähäkangas #Julkkikset #lapsi #ossian #Perhe #poika #Suomi #syntymäpäivä #Terveys #vanhemmuus #viihde
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James Macpherson’s Epic Journey
23 April, online – tickets from £3.35Investigating the life, work, & legacy of James Macpherson. How did he create his epics – & who helped him? What poems did he draw upon for inspiration, from his own Gaelic culture? What impact did Macpherson’s poems have, in Britain & beyond – & on Scottish Gaelic culture too? And how did the controversy over the “Ossian” epic’s authenticity first begin?
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https://www.europesays.com/fi/181642/ Äidiksi tullut Jasmin Vähäkangas järkyttyi rikoksesta #Äitiys #Celebrities #Entertainment #FI #Finland #Finnish #herkkyys #JasminVähäkangas #Julkkikset #lapsi #lifestyle #MarkoVähäkangas #ossian #Oulu #Perhe #Suomi #uutinen #väkivaltarikos #viihde
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For a brilliant introduction to Macpherson and the “Ossian” poems, we suggest our International Companion, ed. Dafydd Moore – available in print or online via Project MUSE
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Cover 🖼️: Karoli, The woes of Ossian
https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/companions/ic4/
#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #romanticism #fantasy #Ossian #JamesMacpherson #Gaelic #Gaidhlig
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Ossian, the European National Epic
Gauti Kristmannsson“The number of translations & imitations […] underlines the huge creative impulse of the [Ossian] poems, which can be seen as a major paradigm shift in the outlook of what is called high culture literature.”
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#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #romanticism #fantasy #Ossian #JamesMacpherson #Gaelic #Gaidhlig
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“He’s usually scorned by English-language readers as a charlatan. But he knew Gaelic, he travelled in the Highlands & he talked to Gaelic speakers. […] All works of art are made by artifice.”
Prof Alan Riach on James Macpherson’s “Ossian”
7/9
https://www.thenational.scot/news/18453868.unlocking-james-macphersons-tales-ossian/
#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #romanticism #fantasy #Ossian #JamesMacpherson #Gaelic #Gaidhlig
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Prof Derick Thomson conducted extensive research into the Gaelic sources of Macpherson’s poetry. This dimension is still often overlooked by scholars & many seem to be entirely unaware of it. Dr Petra Johana Poncarová explores Thomson’s work in this field
6/9
https://anglica-journal.com/article/144001/en
#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #romanticism #fantasy #Ossian #JamesMacpherson #Gaelic #Gaidhlig
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Another likely reason why he was (& still is) sneered at was his popularity & success… Undoubtedly he padded his texts & added his own inventions—as writers do. Real or fake, whole swathes of the modern literary world still lie in his shadow
5/9
🖼️: Runciman, The Death of Oscar
#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #romanticism #fantasy #Ossian #JamesMacpherson #Gaelic #Gaidhlig
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Macpherson did not find his texts in “ancient manuscripts” – though there are some, e.g. The Red Book of Clanranald & the Book of the Dean of Lismore. But 18th-century attitudes dismissed the oral tradition which formed the bedrock of the poems
4/9
🖼️: Scheffer, La Mort de Malvina
#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #romanticism #fantasy #Ossian #JamesMacpherson #Gaelic #Gaidhlig
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Today, Macpherson is often called a “faker” & “forger”. But much of the hostility towards him is because, shortly after the Jacobite rebellions, he staked a claim for the existence of a Gaelic high culture
3/9
🖼️: Girodet, Ossian Receiving the Ghosts of Fallen French Heroes
#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #romanticism #fantasy #Ossian #JamesMacpherson #Gaelic #Gaidhlig
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Ossian fans included Goethe, Diderot, Jefferson, Bonaparte, Mendelssohn… Ossian-inspired art was created across Europe. Children were given Ossianic names such as Oscar & Fiona (will children still get named “Daenerys” in 250 years?)
2/9
🖼️: Abildgaard, Ossian Singing
#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #romanticism #fantasy #Ossian #JamesMacpherson #Gaelic #Gaidhlig
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James Macpherson (1736–1796), of “Ossian” fame, was born #OTD, 27 Oct. The “Ossian” poems were the literary sensation of the 18th century; they inspired the Brothers Grimm to collect German folktales, & Elias Lönnrot to compile Finnish poems into the Kalevala. They are the founding texts of European Romanticism & of modern fantasy literature
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@litstudies
1/9
🖼️: Ingres, Le Songe d’Ossian#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #romanticism #fantasy #Ossian #JamesMacpherson #Gaelic #Gaidhlig
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Ossian: The world’s greatest literary hoax?
10 April, National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh – freePoet & playwright Martin O’Connor & historian Dr Dòmhnall Uilleam Stiùbhart delve into literary hoaxes, tartan-trimmed myths, & the interplay between authenticity & Scottish identity
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ossian-the-worlds-greatest-literary-hoax-tickets-1257980175569
#Scottish #literature #culture #identity #Macpherson #Ossian #18thcentury #poetry #Gaelic #Gaidhlig
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Goethe, Jefferson, Diderot, Mendelssohn were all Ossian fans… Grimms’ fairy tales, the Kalevala, European Romanticism, all stem from Macpherson’s work. Much of modern fantasy literature has roots in “Ossian”.
More here! 👇 From all good bookshops, & online via Project MUSE
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https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/companions/ic4/
#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #Ossian #Oscar #Fantasy
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“Oscar” became a popular name, especially in Scandinavia, & eventually became the name of the Academy Award too.
It wasn’t the only popular name to come from Macpherson’s works: “Fiona” is another. People went nuts for Ossian. (Will anyone be naming their daughters “Daenerys” in 250 years?)
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🖼️Title page, THE POEMS OF OSSIAN (1809 edn)
#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #Ossian #Oscar #AcademyAwards #Oscars
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In Macpherson’s “Ossian” – derived in part from songs & legends preserved in Gaelic oral tradition – Oscar was the son of Ossian, & grandson of Fingal. Napoleon was a HUGE Ossian fan, & gave the name to his godson, who became Oscar I of Sweden 🇸🇪
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🖼️ Crown Prince Oscar of Sweden, 1799–1859
#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #Ossian #Oscar #Napoleon #Bonaparte #Sweden #AcademyAwards #Oscars
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The Academy Awards are almost upon us, & no-one is sure how the Oscars got their name. Bette Davis’s first husband? Margaret Herrick’s uncle? But “Oscar” – a name from ancient Gaelic legend – owes its modern popularity to James Macpherson’s 18th-century “Ossian” poems
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🖼️ from CHATTERBOX (1890)
#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #Ossian #Oscar #AcademyAwards #Oscars
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Pathfinder: The Dragon’s Demand Trailer
Das Pathfinder Computerspiel Dragons Demand von Ossian Games das bereits im Mai angekündigt wurde hat nun auch ein Trailer bekommen:Das ganze sieht aktuell noch sehr ... sperrig ... aus. Mehr wie eine eher statische Umsetzung eines Miniaturenspiels und keineswegs so toll wie die beiden Spiele von Owlcat. Auch mit dem was man aktuell
https://pathfinder2.de/2024/09/11/pathfinder-the-dragons-demand-trailer/
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Pathfinder: Dragon’s Demand
Ein neues Pathfinder Computerspiel wird wohl demnächst als Kickstarter angeboten. Pathfinder: Dragon's Demand ist von Ossian Games, dem Studio das auch für die Neverwinter Night's 2 Serie verantwortlich ist.Man kann sich jetzt schon anmelden: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ossianstudios/pathfinder-the-dragons-demand
https://pathfinder2.de/2024/05/17/pathfinder-dragons-demand/
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The view of the fast-flowing River Braan from inside Ossian's Hall at the Hermitage, close to the A9 in Highland Perthshire. The Hermitage is a beautiful and intriguing planned landscape that was established in the 1750s. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/dunkeld/hermitage/index.html
#Scotland #Perthshire #Hemitage #RiverBran #Ossian #A9 #UndiscoveredScotland
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Heroic Gaelic Tales in Modern Music: Ossianic Ballads
23 Sep, National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh & onlinePresenting new work reinterpreting traditional #Gaelic heroic lays / laoidhean through the collaboration of South Uist singer, Màiri Macmillan; the Edinburgh Quartet; & the composer Ned Bigham
#Scottish #literature #song #folksong #CelticStudies #Ossian
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The view of the fast-flowing River Braan from inside Ossian's Hall at the Hermitage, close to the A9 in Highland Perthshire. The Hermitage is a beautiful and intriguing planned landscape that was established in the 1750s. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/dunkeld/hermitage/index.html
#Scotland #Perthshire #Hemitage #RiverBran #Ossian #A9 #UndiscoveredScotland