Fingalian Topographies: Ossian and the Highland Tour, 1760-1805

If Ossian validated the Highland landscape for eighteenth‐century tourists, the landscape, in turn, seemed to authenticate poems whose authenticity never ceased to be doubted; but text and topography alike ran the risk of dissolving into insubstantiality. Many tourists cited ‘local tradition’ in ord...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal for eighteenth-century studies 2016-06, Vol.39 (2), p.183-196
1. Verfasser:	Leask, Nigel
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	18th century Gaelic language and literature Highland tour Macpherson Macpherson, James (1736-1796) Ossian Poetry Romanticism Topography Tourism Traditions travel-writing
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