The Life and Letters of James Macpherson: Containing a Particular Account of His Famous Quarrel with Dr. Johnson, and a Sketch of the Origin and Influence of the Ossianic PoemsHaskell House, 1968 - 327 ページ The origin, reception, & extraordinary effect of the Ossianic poems form a chapter, hitherto unwritten in the literary history of the eighteenth century. The author has here presented it in the form of a biography. |
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