#askfedi Has there ever been an audio recording/audiobook of #jamesmacpherson #poems of #ossian ? @scotlit
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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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🖼️: Ingres, Le Songe d’Ossian
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James Macpherson’s Epic Journey
23 April, online – tickets from £3.35
Investigating 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?