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Orality, Ossian and Translation

Orality, Ossian and Translation

Hanenberg, Peter
Bär, Gerald
Gaskill, Howard

Hardcover

Series: Passagem, Book 14

Foreign Language GeneralLiterary CriticismLinguistics

ISBN10: 3631821158
ISBN13: 9783631821152
Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
Published: Aug 24 2020
Pages: 200
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.80 Depth: 8.40
Language: English

The aim of this book is to revisit Ossian, whilst broadening the scope of oral literature and translation to embrace cultural contexts outside of Europe. Epics, ballads, prose tales, ritual and lyric songs, as genres, existed orally before writing was invented. Serious debate about them, at least in modern Western culture, may be said to have begun with James Macpherson and Thomas Percy. Considering the ongoing debate on orality and authenticity in the case of Ossian, this book includes ground-breaking, previously published essays which provide essential information relating to orality, Ossian and translation, but have been frequently overlooked. Its contributions focus on the aspects of authenticity, transmediation, popular poetry and music, examining Scottish, German, Portuguese, Brazilian, African, American Indian, Indian and Chinese literatures.

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