The Poems of Ossian
A Historical, Classics, Poetry book. These are odd poems. I like the idea of them more than I like the poems...
The Poems of Ossian translated by James MacPherson Esq., to which are prefixed a preliminary discourse and dissertations on the era and poems of Ossian. London, printed by Ellerton and Byworth, Johnson's Court, Fleet St., for J.Walker;W.J. and J.Richardson; R.Faulder and Son; J.Johnson;F.C. and J.Rivington, Vernor, Hood and Sharpe; R.Lea; J.Nunn; Cuthell and Martin; Lackington,Allen and Co.; Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme; Cadell and Davies; Wilkie and Robinson; J.Murray; J.Symonds; J.Asperne;and J.Harris. 1807 with two engravings at the beginning by Charles Heath.
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Diasppointed - I tend to agree with those critics who think it a construction, a mix of this and that. Not at all interesting compared to Islandic Sagas. Linguistically uninteristing as well. Of course these prose poems are the fraudulent invention of an impostor. But they are worth reading, not only for the remarkable grip they had on the 19th century literary imagination, but also for the intrinsic artistry of their composition. These are odd poems. I like the idea of them more than I like the poems themselves. Of note, I saw several similarities between this book and the Book of Mormon: vague descriptions of characters, topography, chronology, et al. I liked the poems quite a bitpossibly from being a Scotophilebut why Napoleon would want to read this at bedtime...
