Ossian - Revision history

Olaf Simons at 13:29, 15 August 2007

2007-08-15T13:29:53Z

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	I read ~~int~~ Ossian and its surrounding materials for the Basismodul-Lecture last winter and was greatly surprised. The title offers an ancient epic poem - and does not keep its promise. Instead we get a dissertation about the qualities of this poem and what is called a translation of the original Scottish work.		I read into Ossian and its surrounding materials for the Basismodul-Lecture last winter and was greatly surprised. The title offers an ancient epic poem - and does not keep its promise. Instead we get a dissertation about the qualities of this poem and what is called a translation of the original Scottish work.

	The text was everything but that translation - it was much rather a fake, the original epic was never found. It became, nonetheless, influential: as an early work of original northern poetry (before such works came to be discovered). ''Ossian'' inspired imitations, versifications and translations, and the preface had done a good job to kindle this fire.		The text was everything but that translation - it was much rather a fake, the original epic was never found. It became, nonetheless, influential: as an early work of original northern poetry (before such works came to be discovered). ''Ossian'' inspired imitations, versifications and translations, and the preface had done a good job to kindle this fire.

Olaf Simons at 13:19, 19 April 2007

2007-04-19T13:19:28Z

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	The text was everything but that translation - it was much rather a fake, the original epic was never found. It became, nonetheless, influential: as an early work of original northern poetry (before such works came to be discovered). ''Ossian'' inspired imitations, versifications and translations, and the preface had done a good job to kindle this fire.		The text was everything but that translation - it was much rather a fake, the original epic was never found. It became, nonetheless, influential: as an early work of original northern poetry (before such works came to be discovered). ''Ossian'' inspired imitations, versifications and translations, and the preface had done a good job to kindle this fire.

	The seminar might focus on ~~the~~		The seminar might focus on
	*textual history,		*the textual history,
	*the complex European reception history,		*the complex European reception history,
	*the influence on real discoveries such as Beowulf		*the influence on real discoveries such as Beowulf
	*the question why scientists like Johann Gottfried Herder could read this book as authentic.		*the question why scientists like Johann Gottfried Herder could read this book as authentic,
			*the parallel between the Ossian discovery and the fashions of 20th century fantasy fiction

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Olaf Simons at 11:28, 19 April 2007

2007-04-19T11:28:29Z

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	*the influence on real discoveries such as Beowulf		*the influence on real discoveries such as Beowulf
	*the question why scientists like Johann Gottfried Herder could read this book as authentic.		*the question why scientists like Johann Gottfried Herder could read this book as authentic.

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Olaf Simons at 11:28, 19 April 2007

2007-04-19T11:28:08Z

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I read int Ossian and its surrounding materials for the Basismodul-Lecture last winter and was greatly surprised. The title offers an ancient epic poem - and does not keep its promise. Instead we get a dissertation about the qualities of this poem and what is called a translation of the original Scottish work.

The text was everything but that translation - it was much rather a fake, the original epic was never found. It became, nonetheless, influential: as an early work of original northern poetry (before such works came to be discovered). ''Ossian'' inspired imitations, versifications and translations, and the preface had done a good job to kindle this fire.

The seminar might focus on the
*textual history,
*the complex European reception history,
*the influence on real discoveries such as Beowulf
*the question why scientists like Johann Gottfried Herder could read this book as authentic.