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Ossianic unconformities : bardic poetry in the industrial age / Eric Gidal.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gidal, Eric, author.
- Series:
- Under the sign of nature
- Under the Sign of Nature: Explorations in Ecocriticism
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Macpherson, James, 1736-1796--Authorship.
- Macpherson, James.
- Ossian, active 3rd century.
- Ossian.
- Macpherson, James, 1736-1796.
- Literary forgeries and mystifications--History--18th century.
- Literary forgeries and mystifications.
- History.
- Place (Philosophy) in literature.
- Authorship.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 226 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2015.
- Summary:
- Combining environmental and industrial histories with the reception history of the poems of Ossian, this book examines a uniquely modern quest to locate vestiges of ancient poetry in the rapidly changing landscapes of an industrial world. -- Provided by publisher
- Contents:
- Note on the texts
- Introduction: Ossianic unconformities
- The songs of ancient peoples
- Statistical analyses
- Topographical labours
- The testimony of the rocks
- Extraordinary voyages.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780813938172
- 0813938171
- OCLC:
- 904801139
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