Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: James Macpherson, the Enlightenment and Eighteenth-century History Writing
- 1 Frameworks and Genealogies: Macpherson the Historian in Context
- 2 Poetry: James Macpherson’s History Writing in The Highlander and Ossian
- 3 History: James Macpherson’s Narrative Prose Histories
- 4 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
- Bibliography
- Index
Index
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 March 2025
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: James Macpherson, the Enlightenment and Eighteenth-century History Writing
- 1 Frameworks and Genealogies: Macpherson the Historian in Context
- 2 Poetry: James Macpherson’s History Writing in The Highlander and Ossian
- 3 History: James Macpherson’s Narrative Prose Histories
- 4 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
- Bibliography
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Macpherson the HistorianHistory Writing, Empire and Enlightenment in the Works of James Macpherson, pp. 283 - 288Publisher: Edinburgh University PressPrint publication year: 2023