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	Ossian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ossian, alternatively spelled Oisín, son of Fingal (Fionn mac Cumhail), is a poet and warrior of the fianna in the Fenian Cycle of Gaelic literature (also, see Irish Mythology).
		The spelling Ossian is particularly associated with a cycle of poems by James Macpherson which he claimed to have translated from ancient sources in the Scots Gaelic.
		The controversy raged on into the early years of the 19th century, with disputes as to whether the poems were based on Irish sources, on sources in English, on Gaelic fragments woven into his own composition as Samuel Johnson concluded, or largely on Scots Gaelic oral traditions and manuscripts as Macpherson claimed.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ossian (609 words)

	§10. Ossian and Macpherson. X. The Literary Influence of the Middle Ages. Vol. 10. The Age of Johnson. The ...
		Ossian, like Ragnar Lodbrok, belongs to a time earlier than what is now generally reckoned the Middle Ages; it was not till after Macpherson that the chivalrous Middle Ages—the world of Ivanhoe or The Talisman, of Lohengrin or Tannhäuser—came to their own again.
		His deliberate judgment as to the sublimity of Ossian must be taken as absolutely sincere, and it cannot be sincere if not founded on the text as it stands, if bribed or biassed in any measurable degree by antiquarian considerations.
		And, if the scenery and sentiment of Ossian are not peculiarly medieval, though they are undoubtedly romantic, the spell of Ossian, as we may fitly call it—that is, the phrases and rhythmical cadences—are obviously due to the inspired writings with which Blair, by a simple and well-known device of rhetoric, was willing to compare them.
	www.bartleby.com /220/1010.html (1015 words)

	Ossian Receiving the Ghosts of French Heroes by GIRODET DE ROUCY-TRIOSON, Anne-Louis
		Ossian purports to be a translation of an epic cycle of Scottish poems from the early dark ages.
		Ossian, a blind bard, sings of the life and battles of Fingal, a Scotch warrior.
		Ossian caused a sensation when it was published on the cusp of the era of revolutions, and had a massive cultural impact during the 18th and 19th centuries.
	www.wga.hu /html/g/girodet/ossian.html (308 words)

	Ossian - Reviews
		His theme is Ossian, the half-fictitious Gaelic bard from the age of heroes whose poetry, published by James Macpherson, was the sensation of late-18th-century Europe.
		Ossian was born in controversy and out of the collision of the Highlands with the modern world, born among the ruins in fact, and this is the setting that Colvin chooses.
		The character of Ossian, the mythical third century Celtic bard "discovered" by the Scottish writer James Macpherson in the middle of the eighteenth century, but later condemned as a fraud, is to be resurrected for the first show designed to be exhibited outside Edinburgh.
	www.calumcolvin.com /media/ossian/reviews (4762 words)

	Ossian - A CRITICAL DISSERTATION
		Ossian, in like manner, found the tales of his country full of ghosts and spirits; it is likely he believed them himself; and he introduced them, because they gave his poems that solemn and marvellous cast which suited his genius.
		Ossian's mythology is, to speak so, the mythology of human nature; for it is founded on what has been the popular belief, in all ages and countries, and under all forms of religion, concerning the appearances of departed spirits.
		Ossian's heroes have all the gallantry and generosity of those fabulous knights, without their extravagance; and his love scenes have native tenderness, without any mixture of those forced and unnatural conceits which abound in the old romances.
	exclassics.com /ossian/blair.htm (19600 words)

	Scottish music from Ossian
		Ossian emerged on the folk scene in Scotland in the 1970's and fast became a popular focus for a whole generation of up and coming traditional musicians.
		Ossian went on to record some very fine albums and achieve wide international acclaim.
		To celebrate 20 years since the group was formed, a memorable Ossian reunion took place at Celtic Connections in 1996 and featured the line-up Billy Jackson, George Jackson, Billy Ross, John Martin, Tony Cuffe and Iain MacDonald.
	www.footstompin.com /artists/alphabet/lo/ossian (307 words)

	University of Delaware Library: Forging a Collection
		Macpherson died in 1796 and, despite the controversy surrounding the Ossian poems, was buried in Westminster Abbey, not far from the grave of his harshest critic Samuel Johnson.
		In this third edition of The Works of Ossian, Macpherson includes an "advertisement," in which he responds to the criticism of Dr. [Ferdinando] Warner who was one of the first to accuse him of misappropriating the Fingal legend.
		The Claims of Ossian Examined and Appreciated: an Essay on the Scottish and Irish Poems Published under That Name; in which the Question of Their Genuineness and Historical Credit Is Freely Discussed: Together with Some Curious Particulars Relative to the Structure and State of Poetry in the Celtic Dialects of Scotland and Ireland.
	www.lib.udel.edu /ud/spec/exhibits/forgery/ossian.htm (955 words)

	AllRefer.com - Ossian (Miscellaneous European Literature, Biography) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A.D. These traditional tales were preserved in Ireland and in the Scottish Highlands, with Ossian as the bard who sang of the exploits of Finn and his Fenian cohorts.
		Ossian is generally represented as an old, blind man who had outlived both his father and his son.
		The name is remembered by most people in connection with James Macpherson, who published translations of two poems that he said had been written by Ossian; scholars subsequently proved that they were actually a combination of traditional Gaelic poems and original verses by Macpherson himself.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/O/Ossian.html (263 words)

	Ossian: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ossian was the supposed writer of a cycle of Scots Gaelic Scottish Gaelic language quick summary:
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	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/o/os/ossian.htm (923 words)

	JAMES MACPHERSON - LoveToKnow Article on JAMES MACPHERSON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Macpherson is said to have sent Johnson a challenge, to \vhich Johnson replied that he was not to be deterred from detecting what he thought a cheat by the menaces of a ruffian.
		The antiquity of the Ossianic poems was defended in the introduction by Archibald Clerk to his edition of the Poems of Ossian (1870).
		Materials for arriving at a decision by comparison with undoubtedly genuine fragments of the Ossianic legend are available in The Book of the Decn of Lismore, Gaelic verses, collected by J. McGregor, dean of Lismore, in the early 16th century (ed.
	34.1911encyclopedia.org /M/MA/MACPHERSON_JAMES.htm (1143 words)

	Literary Encyclopedia: Ossian
		Ossian provoked extreme responses - most were bowled over by the poems, at least for a time, while others were hostile – but he remained part of the literary scene for at least half a century.
		The Ossian project was the direct result of the success of the Fragments of Ancient Poetry, Collected in the Highlands of Scotland, published by Macpherson in 1760, though it seems clear that some of the materials involved in Fingal were already in Macpherson’s possession.
		The barest bones of this narrative set-up are retained by Macpherson as he has Ossian relate (at times even, to a Culdee figure derived from Oisìn’s encounters with Patrick) the stories of his father, Fingal, in distant retrospect, after some unspecified national disaster has left Ossian alone, the last of his race.
	www.litencyc.com /php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=1287 (640 words)

	Fredericksburg.com - Ossian Hall Destroyed mansion had ties to Lee-Custis family
		Ossian Hall was built on the Ravensworth plantation land grant that was deeded to the Fitzhugh family in the late 1600s.
		Ossian Hall sat high upon a hill overlooking what is now Braddock Road but was accessed by a long tree-lined drive that originated off of what is today known as Ravensworth Road.
		Although Chasen was not quite 9 years old when Ossian Hall burned, it was the loss of this house that first sparked her indignation at the destruction of such treasures and fueled her lifelong interest in historic preservation.
	fredericksburg.com /News/FLS/2006/012006/01142006/159527 (1640 words)

	Scottish Folk Bands article p.1-- Portland America -- Ossian, Whistlebinkies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Such bands as the Whistlebinkies, Ossian, Battlefield Band, the Tannahill Weavers, and Silly Wizard avoided electrified music, using traditional folk instruments such as harp, fiddle, bagpipes, whistle, flute, concertina, guitar, cittern and bodhran or other drum (but not a rock-style drum set).
		Ossian performed as an acoustic band with a strong Scottish flavor for some 15 years of concert tours and seven albums.
		A compilation album, The Best of Ossian, was released a few years ago, and offers great listening as well as a window on the band's development over the years.
	www.portlandamerica.com /page20.html (542 words)

	History
		Due to constant growth and increasing population of the Ossian area, the realization to the Ossian State Bank directors and officers realized expansion would be necessary.
		In 1994, the Ossian State Bank held ground breaking ceremonies to launch another significant expansion to the bank's facilities.
		Ossian State Bank, its Board of Directors, management, and staff appreciate all that our customers have done for us, and we strive to return the loyalty and support with continued excellence in service.
	www.ossianstatebank.com /history.htm (671 words)

	The Poems of Ossian: A Critical Dissertation...
		As Ossian's mythology is peculiar to himself, and makes a considerable figure in his other poems, as well as in Fingal, it may be proper to make some observations on it, independent of its subserviency to epic composition.
		Ossian is always concise in his descriptions, which adds much to their beauty and force.
		Ossian, and are commonly among the favorite passages of all poets, it may be expected that I should be somewhat particular in my remarks upon them.
	www.sacred-texts.com /neu/ossian/oss06.htm (19272 words)

	'I have to die a man or live a coward' -- the saga of Dr. Ossian Sweet
		Ossian Sweet purchased this Detroit home on Garland and Charlevoix so he could bring up his daughter in good surroundings.
		It began in the summer of 1925 when Dr. Ossian Sweet decided to move his wife and baby daughter from the crowded lower east side fl ghetto into an all-white neighborhood at Garland and Charlevoix.
		Born in a small inland Florida community, Ossian Sweet studied medicine at Howard University, practiced briefly in Detroit, then continued his studies in Vienna and Paris.
	info.detnews.com /history/story/index.cfm?id=201&category=events (2292 words)

	The Reception of Ossian in Europe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		James Macpherson’s poems of Ossian, said to be the ancient Celtic bard of the North, rival of Homer, caused a sensation on its first appearance in the early 1760s.
		Ossian in Wales and Brittany - Mary-Ann Constantine, University of Wales, Aberystwyth
		Ossian in Hungary - Gabriella Hartvig, University of Pécs
	www.thoemmes.com /literary/ossian.htm (529 words)

	Alibris: Ossian
		Henry Ossian Flipper was one of the 19th-century West's most remarkable individuals and the first African American graduate of West Point.
		In this exceptional biography, Canter Brown, Jr., removes Ossian Bingley Hart (1821-1874) -- a Unionist, the principal founder of the Republican Party in Florida, and a Reconstruction-era governor of the state -- from the shadows of history.
		The poems of Ossian : to which are prefixed a preliminary discourse and dissertations on the æra and poems of Ossian
	www.alibris.com /search/books/subject/Ossian (693 words)

	Macpherson Bibliography (Sher) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Dafydd Moore, "Ossian, Chivalry and the Politics of Genre: The Case of Fingal King of Morven, a Knight-Errant," British Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies 23 (Summer 2000): 21-35.
		The Ossian controversy is discussed in terms of definitions of cultural property, pp.
		Leah Leneman, "Ossian and the Enlightenment," Scotia 11 (1987): 13-29.
	www.c18.rutgers.edu /biblio/macpherson.html (2359 words)

	Ossian on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Books: PICK OF THE WEEK; Ossian - Fragments of Ancient Poetry: new works by Calum Colvin To 9 Feb Sc...
		OSSIAN [Ossian] or Oisin, legendary Gaelic poet, supposedly the son of Finn mac Cumhail, hero of a cycle of tales and poems that place his deeds of valor in the 3d cent.
		New vessel to revive cargo shipments ; The Ossian, which could arrive next month, will fill the need unmet since the Shamrock's seizure.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/o/ossian.asp (404 words)

	Ossian Sweet House (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The home of fl physician Ossian Sweet became the site of a racial incident that resulted in a nationally publicized murder trial.
		Today the Ossian Sweet House continues to illustrate the role of "ordinary" places in the extraordinary history of American race relations.
		The Ossian Sweet House is located at 2905 Garland Road, south of the Edsel Ford Freeway.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/detroit/d4.htm (285 words)

	Ossian by James Macpherson - Introduction
		Over the next thirty years it was translated into many languages, and gave a tremendous impetus to both the nascent romantic movement, and the study of folklore and Celtic languages.
		Goethe translated parts into German; Napoleon brought a copy to Moscow and also commissioned Ingres to paint The Dream of Ossian; Scandinavian and German princes were named Oscar after the character in it, as was Oscar Wilde; indeed the popularity of this name is due entirely to Macpherson.
		He is also in course of editing a work on The Reception of Ossian in Europe which is due to be published at the end of 2003 and is worth reading if you can afford it or get it from the library (it's very expensive).
	www.exclassics.com /ossian/ossintro.htm (479 words)

	Llewellyn Encyclopedia: Neo-Druidism Since the 1700s
		In Mack’s Fenian tales, Finn Mac Cumhail was called "Fingal," and Oisín (usheen) was called "Ossian" (awshin).
		This Fenian material was so influential that the Romantic movement’s passion for medieval literature spread because of the popularity of his literary creations.
		Even symphonic music was composed under the inspiration of MacPherson’ s Fingal and Ossian stories, and it was very popular on the continent.
	www.llewellynencyclopedia.com /article/197 (1542 words)

	Lynch, "Authorizing Ossian"
		The three possible answers to the authorship question (Ossian, anonymous balladeers, Macpherson) demand of an audience three different and apparently irreconcilable reading strategies, and Ossian's reception reveals that reading itself is impossible until one of these strategies has been settled upon.
		16 and Ossian's artistic distinction is due to his personal distinction: "This is such poetry as we might expect from a barbarous nation.
		See Gaskill's Introduction to Ossian Revisited for a discussion of the degree to which Macpherson has been accused of things of which he was innocent.
	andromeda.rutgers.edu /~jlynch/Papers/ossian.html (2040 words)

	Linder Oil of New Haven Moving to Ossian Industrial Park With 14 Jobs; More Expected - The Bluffton News-Banner
		The ex-Hissem facility, just west of the tracks in the Ossian Industrial Park at Ossian’s south end, is right along the Norfolk Southern’s main north-south route, a nation-leading freight connector between the frost-belt and sun-belt states.
		Revenue benefits are foreseen for the town of Ossian and Wells County, according to the announcement.
		Included among Linder customers are Energy Control at Ossian for de-dust products, BRC at Bluffton, Montpelier, Hartford City, Ligonier and Churubusco for process oils, hydraulic oils and grease; the Wells County Highway Department in Bluffton for engine oil, universal tractor fluid and grease, and Expert Transmission at Bluffton and Decatur for automatic transmission fluid.
	www.news-banner.com /index/news-app/story.2421/menu./sec./home. (1480 words)

	Ossian
		Ossian, Indiana, United States [Town]; population was 2,428 in 1990; housing units was 935 in 1990; location is 40°53'N 85°10'W; land area is 1.36 square miles (871 acres); FIPS code is 57168 [SourceCBP]
		Ossian, Iowa, United States [City]; population was 810 in 1990; housing units was 333 in 1990; location is 43°9'N 91°46'W; land area is 1.04 square miles (665 acres); FIPS code is 59970 [SourceCBP]
		Ossian, Iowa, United States [Populated Place] is in Winneshiek County; location is 43°8'47"N 91°45'52"W [SourceGSP]
	www.placesnamed.com /O/s/ossian.asp (145 words)

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