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James Macpherson ( Gaelic: Seumas MacMhuirich or Seumas Mac a' Phearsain; 27 October 1736 – 17 February 1796) was a Scottish writer, poet, literary collector, and politician. He is known for the Ossian cycle of epic poems, which he claimed to have discovered and translated from Gaelic.
James Macpherson (born October 27, 1736, Ruthven, Inverness, Scotland—died February 17, 1796, Belville, Inverness) was a Scottish poet whose initiation of the Ossianic controversy has obscured his genuine contributions to Gaelic studies.
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James Macpherson (Scottish Gaelic: Seumas Mac a' Phearsain) (October 27, 1736 – February 17, 1796) was a Scottish poet, known as the "translator" of the Ossian cycle of poems.
A comprehensive overview of MacPherson's life, works, and legacy, with references to key scholarship and controversies. Learn about his Ossian poems, his Scottish Enlightenment context, and his influence on Romanticism and archipelagic criticism.
James Macpherson was a Scottish poet, writer, and translator best known for his Ossianic cycle of epic poems. Presented as translations of ancient Gaelic manuscripts, these poems sparked debate regarding their authenticity that continues to this day.
the story of James Macpherson’s epoch-making mid-eighteenth-century edition of the traditional poems associated with the legendary bard Ossian. The text was swiftly translated into most of the major European languages and enjoyed an immense influence. Macpherson’s extensive editorial apparatus contains the earliest and most influential reasoned
