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Article: Ossian and Ossianism in Britain and Germany: a review article.('Homer des Nordens' und 'Mutter der Romantik': James Macphersons 'Ossian' und seine Rezeption in der deutschsprachigen Literatur, vols. 1-3)(Kommentierte Neuausgabe wichtiger Texte zur deutschen Rezeption, vol. 4)(Ossian and Ossianism: Subcultures and Subversions, 1750-1850)(Book Review)
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- The Modern Language Review
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- July 1, 2005
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This extended review of two collections of materials on the reception of James Macpherson's 'Ossian' poems in Britain and Germany respectively examines the diversity of responses to Macpherson's work and the depth with which his imagery pervaded German literature of the classical and Romantic periods, with particular reference to Kleist.
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'Homer des Nordens' und 'Mutter der Romantik': James Macphersons 'Ossian' und seine Rezeption in der deutschsprachigen Literatur. By GERHARD SCHMIDT (vols I-III); vol. IV: Kommentierte Neuausgabe wichtiger Texte zur deutschen Rezeption, ed. by WOLF GERHARD SCHMIDT AND HOWARD GASKILL. Berlin and New York: de ...