Ossian: the greatest literary hoax.
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Carl-LaFong — 9 years ago(October 23, 2016 07:46 AM)
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/ossian-literary-hoax-james-macpherson-fingal-mathematics-social-network-study-a7371806.html
I am not ashamed to own that I think this rude bard of the North the greatest Poet that has ever existed, US founding father Thomas Jefferson wrote of the blind 3rd century Scottish poet Ossian, who was almost certainly made up in the 18th century.
It has been described as the greatest-ever literary hoax, taking in world leaders from Napoleon to Thomas Jefferson and inspiring the likes of Wordsworth, Coleridge and Byron to create the Romantic movement of the late 18th century.
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