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Temora (poem)
Temora: An ancient epic poem is a work by Scottish poet and writer James Macpherson, published in March 1763 (see 1763 in poetry).Literary Encyclopedia October 6, 200Literary Encyclopedia: OssionObtained December 27, 2006 As with ''Fingal'' in 1762, the author posed as the translator of what he asserted was an ancient Gaelic epic by the supposed Ossian, son of Fingal (see also ''Works of Ossian'' in the article: 1765 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * October 10 – Samuel Johnson's edition of '' The Plays of William Shakespeare'' is published in London after ...).Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, It, together with other poems he had published at the same time, produced a mixed but mostly favourable response from critics. References 1763 poems Scottish poems {{UK-poem-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scotland
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James Macpherson
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, known as the "translator" of the Ossian cycle of epic poems. Early life and education Macpherson was born at Ruthven in the parish of Kingussie in Badenoch, Inverness-shire. This was a Scottish Gaelic-speaking area but near the Ruthven Barracks of the British Army, established in 1719 to enforce Whig rule from London after the Jacobite uprising of 1715. Macpherson's uncle, Ewen Macpherson joined the Jacobite army in the 1745 march south, when Macpherson was nine years old and after the Battle of Culloden, had had to remain in hiding for nine years. In the 1752-3 session, Macpherson was sent to King's College, Aberdeen, moving two years later to Marischal College (the two institutions later became the University of Aberdeen), reading Caesar's '' Commentaries'' on the relationships between the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1763 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * Robert Lloyd is in Fleet Prison for debt. His fellow poet and friend, Charles Churchill, pays a guinea a week for his better maintenance, and raises a subscription to set him free, although Lloyd will still be in prison when he dies next year.. * January – Christopher Smart's asylum confinement ends at Mr Potter's asylum in London (he was admitted to St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics in May 1757 and may have been confined before that; later he was moved to Potter's); while confined, Smart has written ''A Song to David'', published this year, and ''Jubilate Agno'', not published until 1939. * Approximate date – Chinese Qing dynasty scholar Sun Zhu compiles ''Three Hundred Tang Poems'', an anthology of poems from the Chinese Tang dynasty (618–907). Works published United Kingdom * Richard Bentley the younger, ''Patriotism'', pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Literary Encyclopedia (English)
''The Literary Encyclopedia'' is an online reference work first published in October 2000. It was founded as an innovative project designed to bring the benefits of information technology to what at the time was still a largely conservative literary field. From its inception it was developed as a not-for-profit publication aimed to ensure that those who contribute to it are properly rewarded for the time and knowledge they invest - as such, its authors and editors are also shareholders in the Company. ''The Literary Encyclopedia'' offers both freely available content and content and services for subscribers (individual and institutional, consisting mainly of higher education institutions and higher level secondary schools). Articles are solicited by invitation from specialist scholars, then refereed and approved by subject editors, which makes the ''LE'' both authoritative and reliable. It contains general profiles of literary writers, but also of major cultural, historical and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ossian
Ossian (; Irish Gaelic/Scottish Gaelic: ''Oisean'') is the narrator and purported author of a cycle of epic poems published by the Scottish poet James Macpherson, originally as ''Fingal'' (1761) and ''Temora'' (1763), and later combined under the title ''The Poems of Ossian''. Macpherson claimed to have collected word-of-mouth material in Scottish Gaelic, said to be from ancient sources, and that the work was his translation of that material. Ossian is based on Oisín, son of Fionn mac Cumhaill (anglicised to Finn McCool), a legendary bard in Irish mythology. Contemporary critics were divided in their view of the work's authenticity, but the current consensus is that Macpherson largely composed the poems himself, drawing in part on traditional Gaelic poetry he had collected. The work was internationally popular, translated into all the literary languages of Europe and was highly influential both in the development of the Romantic movement and the Gaelic revival. Macpherson's f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1765 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * October 10 – Samuel Johnson's edition of '' The Plays of William Shakespeare'' is published in London after ten years in the making. * ''Approximate year'' – Beginning of the ''Sturm und Drang'' movement in German literature. Works published United Kingdom * James Beattie: ** ''The Judgment of Paris'' ** ''Verses Occasioned by the Death of Charles Churchill'' (died November 1764; see also Percival Stockdale's work, below) * Benjamin Church, "The Times", English, Colonial America * William Collins, ''The Poetical Works of William Collins'', the author's first collected edition * Oliver Goldsmith, '' The Traveller'' * Edward Jerningham, ''An Elegy Written Among the Ruins of an Abbey'' * James Macpherson, ''The Works of Ossian'', contains Macpherson's purported translations (actually much edited, loosely translated fragments of Gaeli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1763 Poems
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