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245 | 1 | 0 | ▼aMacpherson the historian :▼bhistory writing, empire and enlightenment in the works of James Macpherson /▼cMairi MacPherson and Jim MacPherson.▲ |
260 | ▼aEdinburgh :▼bEdinburgh University Press,▼c[2023]▲ | ||
300 | ▼aviii, 288 p.;▼c24 cm.▲ | ||
504 | ▼aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 248-282) and index.▲ | ||
505 | 0 | ▼aIntroduction : James Macpherson, the Enlightenment and eighteenth-century history writing -- Frameworks and genealogies : Macpherson the historian in context - Poetry : James Macpherson's history writing in The Highlander and Ossian - History : James Macpherson's narrative prose histories -- Politics and empire : James Macpherson's political writings and the crisis of empire in the late 1770s - Conclusion : James Macpherson : Enlightenment historian and imperial Gael.▲ | |
520 | ▼a"First study of James Macpherson (1736-1796) as an historian. Situates Macpherson as a key figure of the Scottish Enlightenment, broadening our understanding of historiography and the relationship between history and fiction. Explores Macpherson's entire corpus - literary, historical, political - to enable new research into Enlightenment disciplines, Romantic notions of conjectural history and interdisciplinary thinkers, adding to the Humanities more widely rather than just Literature or History by re-evaluating an author traditionally studied in Literature as an Enlightenment figure. Investigates examples of nation-building and questions of post-Union Scottish and British identity, which will change your perception of national (Scottish, British) and regional (Highland) identities in the Enlightenment and beyond. The story remains relevant today: Macpherson as a Scot in London, who retained close connections to his Highland home while promoting a sustained and nuanced British identity without losing sight of Scottishness in his works, reflects contemporary notions of national identity. This is the first book-length study of James Macpherson (1736-1796) that considers him as an historian. From his early poetry, to the Ossianic Collections, his prose histories, and his later political writing, Macpherson's subject was the past and he engaged with the latest Enlightenment theories about how to write history. Macpherson the Historian examines James' published works, from the neoclassical verse of The Highlander (1758) to his pamphlets defending the British imperial state during the late 1770s. In all of these texts, Macpherson wrote as an Enlightenment historian, where ideas about narrative, philosophy, and erudition were interwoven with eighteenth-century debates about the Highlands, commercial modernity, and the British Empire."--Provided by publisher.▲ | ||
600 | 1 | 0 | ▼aMacpherson, James,▼d1736-1796▼xCriticism and interpretation.▲ |
600 | 1 | 0 | ▼aMacpherson, James,▼d1736-1796▼xPolitical and social views.▲ |
650 | 0 | ▼aHistoriography.▲ | |
650 | 0 | ▼aHistory in li7terature.▲ | |
700 | 1 | ▼aMacPherson, Jim.▲ |
Macpherson the historian : history writing, empire and enlightenment in the works of James Macpherson
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Macpherson the historian : history writing, empire and enlightenment in the works of James Macpherson / Mairi MacPherson and Jim MacPherson.
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Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press , [2023]
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viii, 288 p. ; 24 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-282) and index.
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Introduction : James Macpherson, the Enlightenment and eighteenth-century history writing -- Frameworks and genealogies : Macpherson the historian in context - Poetry : James Macpherson's history writing in The Highlander and Ossian - History : James Macpherson's narrative prose histories -- Politics and empire : James Macpherson's political writings and the crisis of empire in the late 1770s - Conclusion : James Macpherson : Enlightenment historian and imperial Gael.
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"First study of James Macpherson (1736-1796) as an historian. Situates Macpherson as a key figure of the Scottish Enlightenment, broadening our understanding of historiography and the relationship between history and fiction. Explores Macpherson's entire corpus - literary, historical, political - to enable new research into Enlightenment disciplines, Romantic notions of conjectural history and interdisciplinary thinkers, adding to the Humanities more widely rather than just Literature or History by re-evaluating an author traditionally studied in Literature as an Enlightenment figure. Investigates examples of nation-building and questions of post-Union Scottish and British identity, which will change your perception of national (Scottish, British) and regional (Highland) identities in the Enlightenment and beyond. The story remains relevant today: Macpherson as a Scot in London, who retained close connections to his Highland home while promoting a sustained and nuanced British identity without losing sight of Scottishness in his works, reflects contemporary notions of national identity. This is the first book-length study of James Macpherson (1736-1796) that considers him as an historian. From his early poetry, to the Ossianic Collections, his prose histories, and his later political writing, Macpherson's subject was the past and he engaged with the latest Enlightenment theories about how to write history. Macpherson the Historian examines James' published works, from the neoclassical verse of The Highlander (1758) to his pamphlets defending the British imperial state during the late 1770s. In all of these texts, Macpherson wrote as an Enlightenment historian, where ideas about narrative, philosophy, and erudition were interwoven with eighteenth-century debates about the Highlands, commercial modernity, and the British Empire."--Provided by publisher.
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